Alternatives to Traditional Reading Instruction.

Eldredge, J. Lloyd; Butterfield, Dennie

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ERIC Number: EJ341097

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Publication Date: 1986

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Alternatives to Traditional Reading Instruction.

Eldredge, J. Lloyd; Butterfield, Dennie

Reading Teacher, v40 n1 p32-37 Oct 1986

Concludes that three experimental programs were more effective than traditional approaches in beginning reading instruction: (1) a literature program using special decoding strategies, (2) a literature program not using the special strategies, and (3) a traditional basal approach using the special decoding strategies. (FL)

Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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