Reading Instruction

Paper Summary:

Reading instruction in America is constantly changing. From the early use of phonics based hornbooks and spellers to the more recent use of "look and say" readers, the materials that teachers use for reading instruction is also changing. This paper outlines different reading philosophies and describes the materials used to teach under those philosophies. It also gives a personal account of first grade reading instruction.

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Abstract
American Reading Instruction Until the 1950's
The Great Debate
First Grade Reading Instruction

From the Paper:

"Despite all of this research the whole language method remained the most popular method of reading instruction. In 1982 a study of 1609 professors of reading in 300 graduate schools found that professors of reading still considered proponents of the whole language method to have written the most worthy "classic" studies in reading(Illiteracy: An Incurable Disease). Similarly, San Diego State University Professor Patrick Groff found text used in educating reading teachers advocated the whole language method. Of the 43 texts he used, only nine stated a debate between whole language and phonics instruction even existed(Illiteracy: An Incurable Disease). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• History of Reading Instruction. (n.d.). Retrieved March 16, 2009, from http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/historyofreading.html
• How Have Reading Instruction Methods Been Used in the Classroom? (n.d.). Retrieved March 16, 2009, from http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Reading,_learning_to
• National Right to Read Foundation. (1996) The Century of Miseducation of American Teachers. Retrieved March 16, 2009, from http://www.nrrf.org/essay_Century_of_Miseducation.html
• National Right to Read Foundation. (1996). Illiteracy: An Incurable Disease or Education Malpractice? Retrieved March 16, 2009, from http://www.nrrf.org/essay_Illiteracy.html
• Stoicheva, M. (1999, November). ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Digest #144. Balanced Reading Instruction. Retrieved March 16, 2009, from http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d144.html

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