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WLU Blog
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Six Phonics Myths Dispelled
Maryann Manning discusses the six common misconceptions about phonics instruction which appear over and over again in the popular press.
Whole School Tool Kit
The Whole School Consortium provides several tools that have been developed to assist schools in using the Six Principles of Whole Schooling for self-assessment and school improvement planning.
Whole Language Fact Sheets
from SLATE, Heinemann, and CELT
Research about Whole Language: Research for Whole Language
Carole Edelsky. 2002. Chapter 4, pp. 64-84 in Under the Whole Language Umbrella: Many Cultures, Many Voices. ed. Alan Flurkey and Richard J. Meyer. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Sixty Years of Reading Research—But Who's Listening?
In a recent chapter of the "great debate," the National Research Council assembled a diverse panel of reading experts who endorsed the value of letter/sound relationships taught within a range of whole-language strategies, including the use of good literature, a focus on comprehension, and the use of developmental spelling. The real challenge, the panel asserts, is to provide more training to increase pre-K and elementary teachers' knowledge of reading research and effective teaching strategies.
School Testing Law Misguided
If our current increased emphasis on standardized testing in schools was a medical model, we could be sued for malpractice.
Impact of high stakes tests on student academic performance
An analysis of some unintended and negative consequences of high-stakes testing by David Berliner and Audrey Amrein of Arizona State University, Education Policy Studies Laboratory.
More WLU Philosophy in Action
Visit Lori Jackson's whole language classroom in Mission, SD
An Inside Look at Whole Language Classrooms
The 'Teachers Applying Whole Language' (TAWL) listserve generates conversations among teachers about implementing Whole Language in the classroom. Read some of those stories here!
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