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ERIC Number: EJ399815
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Whole Language and Language Experience Approaches for Beginning Reading: A Quantitative Research Synthesis.
Stahl, Steven A.; Miller, Patricia D.
Review of Educational Research, v59 n1 p87-116 Spr 1989
To examine the effects of whole language and language experience approaches on beginning reading achievement, a quantitative synthesis was performed on two databases: 5 first-grade studies of the United States Office of Education and 46 additional studies comparing basal reading approaches to whole language and language experience approaches. (SLD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Language Experience Approach, Literature Reviews, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Whole Language Approach
Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference.