On Combining Apples and Oranges: A Response to Stahl and Miller.

McGee, Lea M.; Lomax, Richard G.

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ERIC Number: EJ414301

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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On Combining Apples and Oranges: A Response to Stahl and Miller.

McGee, Lea M.; Lomax, Richard G.

Review of Educational Research, v60 n1 p133-40 Spr 1990

In the research paper considered, Stahl and Miller compare the effectiveness of whole language/language experience programs versus basal reader approaches. The article is criticized for misrepresenting concepts related to emergent literacy and inadequately defining whole language, the lack of equivalence between the two nonbasal approaches, and problems with conclusions concerning decoding. (TJH)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Educational Research, Emergent Literacy, Language Experience Approach, Primary Education, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Critiques "Whole Language and Language Experience Approaches for Beginning Reading" by S. A. Stahl and P. D. Miller (1989) (see EJ 399815).