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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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Ehri, Linnea C.; Nunes, Simone R.; Stahl, Steven A.; Willows, Dale M. – Review of Educational Research, 2001
Conducted a quantitative meta-analysis evaluating the effects of systematic phonics instruction compared to unsystematic or no phonics instruction on learning to read using 66 treatment-control comparisons derived from 38 experiments. Results show that systematic phonics instruction is effective and should be implemented as part of literacy…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Instructional Effectiveness, Meta Analysis, Phonics
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Stahl, Steven A.; Miller, Patricia D. – Review of Educational Research, 1989
To examine the effects of whole language and language experience approaches on beginning reading achievement, a quantitative synthesis was performed on two databases: 5 first-grade studies of the United States Office of Education and 46 additional studies comparing basal reading approaches to whole language and language experience approaches. (SLD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Elementary School Students
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Stahl, Steven A. – Review of Educational Research, 1990
The effectiveness of whole language/language experience programs versus basal reader approaches is considered. The politicization of whole language teaching and the use of the nonbasal approaches in kindergarten versus first grade are the focal themes. (TJH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
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Stahl, Steven A.; Fairbanks, Marilyn M. – Review of Educational Research, 1986
A meta-analysis examines studies concerned with the effects of vocabulary instruction on the learning of word meanings and on comprehension. It is concluded that vocabulary instruction has a significant effect on the comprehension of passages containing taught words, but significant effects are not found with all teaching methods. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Meta Analysis