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Reading Instruction: A Quantitative Analysis

Reading Instruction: A Quantitative Analysis Reading Instruction: A Quantitative Analysis Susanna W. Pflaum Herbert J. Walberg Myra L. Karegianes Sue P. Rasher University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Concerned with the need for teachers of reading; for example, half of the period when 18 per­ documenting the effects of in­ Durkin (1974), Fry (1977), Man- cent of the studies were investi-' structiona l method on reading grum and Forgan (1979);- and gations of instructional methods. achievement, Huey, after the others concluded that few impor­ The decrease in the number of re­ turn of the century (1908), wrote tant differences between methods search studies on reading in­ "we have thus far been content are detectable. In terms of practi­ structio n may reflect the view with trial and error, too often al­ cal application, the issue of held among reading educators lowing the publishers to be our method preference is an impor­ tha t there are no important dif­ jury, and a real rationalization of tan t one and should be resolved ferences among methods in pro­ the process of inducting the chil­ given the need for schools to moting achievement. dren into the practice of reading choose among the variety of pro­ The sources http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Educational Researcher SAGE

 
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0013-189X
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1935-102X
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Reading Instruction: A Quantitative Analysis Susanna W. Pflaum Herbert J. Walberg Myra L. Karegianes Sue P. Rasher University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Concerned with the need for teachers of reading; for example, half of the period when 18 per­ documenting the effects of in­ Durkin (1974), Fry (1977), Man- cent of the studies were investi-' structiona l method on reading grum and Forgan (1979);- and gations of instructional methods. achievement, Huey, after the others concluded that few impor­ The decrease in the number of re­ turn of the century (1908), wrote tant differences between methods search studies on reading in­ "we have thus far been content are detectable. In terms of practi­ structio n may reflect the view with trial and error, too often al­ cal application, the issue of held among reading educators lowing the publishers to be our method preference is an impor­ tha t there are no important dif­ jury, and a real rationalization of tan t one and should be resolved ferences among methods in pro­ the process of inducting the chil­ given the need for schools to moting achievement. dren into the practice of reading choose among the variety of pro­ The sources

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Published: Jul 1, 1980

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