Whole to Part Phonics: How Children Learn to Read and Spell

by Henrietta Dombey and Myra Barrs

Book Overview

Significant recent research in literacy learning casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of traditional phonics instruction. Researchers have discovered that traditional phonics, with its emphasis on letters, sounds, and words, ignores the complexity of children's natural learning processes, including children's inclination to focus first on the text, then on whole words, and then on their constituent parts. Whole to Part Phonics offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325001200
• ISBN13: 9780325001203
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 11.2" x 8.1"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 2