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Critical Evaluation of a Method of Teaching Beginning Reading

The problem of this study is to determine, by actual classroom experiment, the most advantageous method of teaching reading to beginners. In the accomplishment of this purpose, the writer made an intensive study of various methods and techniques of teaching beginning reading, a summary of which appears in the second chapter of this thesis, and applied some of the fundamental principles of each method to the actual teaching of beginning reading to her first-grade pupils in the elementary school … more

Date: 1942

Creator: Smith, Charline Hennen

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

The Great Debate continued: Does daily writing in kindergarten lead to invented spelling and reading?

Many children in the United States cannot read on level by fourth grade. Traditionally, teachers have delayed reading instruction until first grade. However, involving children sooner in literary activities may provide skills needed to enable them to read on grade level. The purpose for this study was to determine the extent to which daily writing in kindergarten influences the development of invented spelling and learning to read. Five teachers modeled writing with 78 kindergarten children who… more

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Date: May 2003

Creator: Pierce, Laura Boehl