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ERIC Number: EJ291214
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Resolving the Letter Name Controversy.
Groff, Patrick J.
Reading Teacher, v37 n4 p384-88 Jan 1984
Reports that after more than 50 years of argument as to whether children should be taught the names of letters as part of learning to read, American researchers have begun to suggest that letter name instruction and phonics instruction interact for better learning. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Strategies
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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