A Study of Holistic and Subskill Instructional Approaches to Reading Comprehension.

Vacca, Richard T.

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A Study of Holistic and Subskill Instructional Approaches to Reading Comprehension.

Vacca, Richard T.

Journal of Reading, v23 n6 p512-18 Mar 1980

In a six-week study involving seventh- to ninth-grade students in a summer corrective reading program, neither the holistic nor the subskill treatment had a significant advantage in improving student reading comprehension or attitude toward reading. (JT)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corrective Reading, Junior High Schools, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Skill Development, Student Attitudes, Summer Programs, Teaching Methods

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