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ERIC Number: EJ400480
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The "Great" Debate--Can Both Carbo and Chall Be Right?
Turner, Richard L.
Phi Delta Kappan, v71 n4 p276-83 Dec 1989
Although the vast majority of articles cited by Jeanne Chall and Marie Carbo fit the patched-up program evaluation category, the outcomes of nine randomized field experiments are the best evidence available in the research literature. Systematic phonics is an example of the weak instructional treatments presently plaguing education. Includes 16 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Laboratory Experiments, Phonics, Program Evaluation, Reading Strategies, Research Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Carbo (Marie); Chall (Jeanne)