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ERIC Number: EJ559013
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
The Relationship between Teachers' Theoretical Orientation toward Reading and Student Outcomes in Kindergarten Children with Different Initial Reading Abilities.
Sacks, Colin H.; Mergendoller, John R.
American Educational Research Journal, v34 n4 p721-39 Win 1997
Relationships between teachers' theoretical orientations toward reading, classroom process, and task assignment and student outcomes for students who had scored above or below the population median on a standardized test of early reading ability were studied for 11 kindergarten teachers and 132 students. Differences for whole-language and phonics oriented teachers are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Outcomes of Education, Phonics, Preschool Teachers, Primary Education, Reading Ability, Teacher Attitudes, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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