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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Korkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean – Journal of Literacy Research, 2000
Examines how and when spelling begins when a group of Finnish kindergartners were provided guided and meaningful literacy opportunities. Demonstrates a substantial growth in children's spelling: some spelled almost all dictated words correctly, most used invented spelling, and only one child used random letter strings for a few words. Notes that…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten
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Korkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean – Journal of Literacy Research, 1996
Investigates children's reading strategies and progress when a meaning-based approach to reading instruction was implemented in a first-grade reading classroom. Describes the design of a reading program in which the teacher introduced totally predictable books, literacy-related centers, and minilessons in context on selected letter-sound…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Primary Education, Reading Improvement