The Basalization of American Reading Instruction: One Researcher Responds.

Harste, Jerome C.

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Basalization of American Reading Instruction: One Researcher Responds.

Harste, Jerome C.

Theory into Practice, v28 n4 p265-73 Fall 1989

This article examines classroom organizational patterns and the focus, content, and strategies of instruction to show that the basal reader, rather than reading comprehension, is what is being taught. A skills model of reading, the basal approach, does not reflect what readers do to make sense of text. (IAH)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: The 11 articles in this theme issue are devoted to the topic of perspectives on basal readers.