An Analysis of Decoding, Comprehension, and Story Text Comprehensibility in Four First-Grade Reading Programs.

Meyer, Linda A.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1987

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An Analysis of Decoding, Comprehension, and Story Text Comprehensibility in Four First-Grade Reading Programs.

Meyer, Linda A.; And Others

Journal of Reading Behavior, v19 n1 p69-98 1987

Reports on a content analysis of four popular first-grade basal series, examining decoding and comprehension instruction in teachers' manuals, student texts, workbooks, and supplementary activity packages. Reports that none of the programs present a balanced approach to teaching decoding and comprehension with very comprehensible stories. (MM)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Content Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research

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