Gregory Camilli|Sadako Vargas|Michele Yurecko
Teaching Children to Read : The Fragile Link Between Science &amp; Federal Education Policy
National Institute for Education|Rütgers (Germany)|Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey|Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights|National Institute for Education|Rütgers (Germany)|Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey|Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights|National Institute for Education|Rütgers (Germany)|Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey|Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
teaching children read tcr stirred much controversy among reading experts regarding efficacy phonics instruction report conducted national reading panel nrp also played important role subsequent federal policy regarding reading instruction using metaanalysis nrp found systematic phonics instruction effective alternatives teaching children read present study findings procedures leading tcr examined concluded methodology procedures tcr adequate synthesizing research literature phonics instruction moreover estimated smaller though still substantial effect 24 systematic phonics also found effect systematic language activities 29 tutoring 40 systematic phonics instruction combined language activities individual tutoring may triple effect phonics alone federal policies formulated around early literacy curricula instruction findings indicate phonics one aspect complex reading process overemphasized