This article discusses whether or not beginning readers learn phonics best through
instructional approaches that teach students to sound out letters, spell words, or combine the …

The role of phonics in learning to read has been a matter of some controversy. Phonics
proponents have argued that reading success depends on the early mastery of the …

Instruction for beginning readers is thought to be needed on several fronts, including
phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, reading comprehension, and vocabulary. The …

There is a good deal of evidence to show that phonics should play an im portant role in early
reading instruc tion. A number of recent reviews conclude that early, explicit phonics …

Flood accurately frame the current dispute among reading instruction specialists as to how
phonics information is learned best by beginning readers. Since 1973, one side of this …

The authors review basic principles underlying word learning and phonics instruction. These
principles are applicable to many primary‐grade classrooms. They then discuss approaches …

A growing reliance on research to guidedecisions about reading instruction hasresulted in a
swing toward approaches thatemphasize phoneme awareness and the relationsbetween …

At that time, there were many questions about the role of phonics in beginning reading.
These questions about beginning reading were not just confined to the educational …

A study examined the role of phonics instruction in beginning reading and culminated in a
report which has been published as a book entitled" Beginning to Read: Thinking and …

• The Summary Booklet vastly exaggerates the phonics subgroup's conclusions on who
benefits from phonics instruction. The NRP Summary Booklet claims that the analysis of 38 …