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ERIC Number: EJ460128
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
The Effect of Phonemic Awareness on the Literacy Development of First Grade Children in a Traditional or a Whole Language Classroom.
Griffith, Priscilla L.; And Others
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v6 n2 p85-92 Spr-Sum 1992
Examined the acquisition of decoding and spelling skills and the writing fluency of first graders who received either whole-language or traditional basal instruction. Children with high phonemic awareness outperformed those with low phonemic awareness on all literacy measures, regardless of the instructional method used. (MM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Decoding (Reading), Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1, Phonemic Awareness, Primary Education, Reading Skills, Reading Writing Relationship, Spelling, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Beginning of School Year; Literacy Acquisition; Spelling Strategies; Writing Development