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ERIC Number: EJ174987
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Teaching Reading and Language to the Disadvantaged--What We Have Learned from Field Research
Becker, Wesley C.
Harvard Educational Review, 47, 4, 518-43, 77
Discusses the distinctive features of the University of Oregon's Direct Instruction Model program, designed for disadvantaged youngsters--its underlying assumptions and basic teaching components. Explores the implications of teaching reading and language skills to economically disadvantaged children and advocates vocabulary instruction be taught immediately throughout the school years. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Language Instruction, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction
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Identifiers: Direct Instruction Model