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ERIC Number: EJ643039
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0015-511X
Balanced Literacy Instruction.
Pressley, Michael; Roehrig, Alysia; Bogner, Kristen; Raphael, Lisa M.; Dolezal, Sara
Focus on Exceptional Children, v34 n5 p1-14 Jan 2002
This article reviews the evidence for balanced literacy instruction in the elementary years. The case is made that the balanced instructional model is particularly appropriate and beneficial for students who have initial difficulties in learning to read and write. Key features of successful reading instruction programs are described. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Learning Disabilities, Literacy, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Whole Language Approach, Writing Difficulties
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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