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ERIC Number: EJ592366
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
A Comparison of Young Children Learning To Read in Different Instructional Settings.
Freppon, Penny A.; McIntyre, Ellen
Journal of Educational Research, v92 n4 p206-18 Mar-Apr 1999
Compared students' acquisition and use of reading strategies and reading attitudes in skills-based and whole-language settings. Participants were low-income first graders. Students completed a common reading task. Researchers coded literacy strategies for self-correction and substitutions and conducted classroom observations. Children in the constructivist-based whole-language setting used more reading strategies and exhibited positive stance patterns. (SM)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Grade 1, Low Income Groups, Primary Education, Public Schools, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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