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ERIC Number: EJ637045
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Reading Taught to the Tune of the 'Scientific' Hickory Stick.
Coles, Gerald
Phi Delta Kappan, v83 n3 p204-12 Nov 2001
Critical analysis of recent National Reading Panel report on teaching children to read based on meta-analysis of research on reading instruction. Asserts that because of problems with meta-analysis and interpretation, report's findings should not form sole basis for reading-instruction policy and legislation. Proposes four reading propositions. (Contains 36 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Reading Panel