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Document Description
Title
A
whole
language
versus
skills
based
approach
to
pre-school
education
Author
Mercer
,
Maxine
(Margaret
Maxine)
Description
Thesis
(M.Ed.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1990.
Education
Date
1989
Pagination
ix, 123 leaves : ill.
Subject
Language
arts
(Preschool);
Language
experience
approach
in
education;
English
language--Study
and
teaching
(Preschool)
Degree
M.Ed.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline
Education
Language
Eng
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
97-101.
Abstract
Two
approaches
to the
teaching
of
emerging
literacy
were
investigated.
Forty
children
,
all
four
years
of
age
,
enrolled
in a
St
,
John's
pre-school
were
randomly
assigned
to
one
of
two
programs.
The
subjects
in the
experimental
,
whole
language
approach
to
literacy
, and the
subjects
in the
control
or
traditional
approach
program
received
12
weeks
of
instruction.
Prior
to
, and at the
completion
of
, the
twelve
week
period
of
instruction
all
subjects
were
tested
using
the
Test
of
Early
Reading
Ability
(TERA)
, the
Peabody
Picture
Vocabulary
Test
-
Revised
(PPVT-R)
, and an
investigator
designed
test
of
writing
ability.
The
writing
ability
scale
was
comprised
of
three
sub-scales
which
measured
language
level
,
message
quality
, and
principles
of
writing
direction.
--
The
results
showed
that the
whole
language
group
scored
significantly
higher
on the
tests
of
writing
ability
than
did
the
control
group.
Within
the
sub-scales
of the
writing
sample
analysis
, the
experimental
group
scored
significantly
higher
on
measures
of
language
level
and
message
quality
, but
showed
no
significant
difference
from the
control
group
in
terms
of
measures
of
principles
of
writing
direction.
There were
no
significant
differences
between
the
two
groups
on the
PPVT-R
and
TERA
tests.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
76058038
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
PDF File
(17.10
MB)
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