A Comparison of Vocabulary Generated by Grade 1 Students in Whole Language Classrooms and Basal Reader Vocabulary.

Shapiro, Jon; Gunderson, Lee

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Publication Date: 1988

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A Comparison of Vocabulary Generated by Grade 1 Students in Whole Language Classrooms and Basal Reader Vocabulary.

Shapiro, Jon; Gunderson, Lee

Reading Research and Instruction, v27 n2 p40-46 Win 1988

Study compares the vocabulary generated from writing samples of 52 first-grade children in two whole language classrooms with vocabulary contained in the basal reader program. Concludes that whole language instruction does not limit children's exposure to systematic repetition of important vocabulary. (MM)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Grade 1, Primary Education, Reading Writing Relationship, Spelling, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Writing Research, Writing Skills

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