Historical Perspectives Professional Study Group PresentationReading Instruction: Late

1960’s-1970’sSeminar in Reading

April 3, 2008

Presenters: Katie Disney & Vergil Cato

Group Discussions/ Interactions:Small group interactions with KWL Charts:

I. What we “Know” about reading instruction in the late 1960’s and 1970’s

II. What we “Want” to know

KWL Chart Late 1960’s-1970’s

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Reading Focus: Late 1960’s-1970’s Look-say approach Contextualized Phonics instruction Reading instruction at high school, college, &

adult levels Reading comprehension (making meaning vs.

skill and drill) Reading in the content areas Remedial reading

Influential Theorists & Theories: Jeanne Chall

Phonics vs. Whole Language Bond and Dykstra

The First Grade Studies No one method of instruction is best

Kenneth Goodman- Miscue Analysis Bartlett

Schema Theory

Influential Theorists & Theories Cont’d: Rosenblatt

Transactional Reader/Response Theory Sociolinguistic Theory Psycholinguistic Theory Frank Smith Holdaway Dolores Durkin

Influenced comprehension instruction

Other Influential Reading Researchers: Lev Vygotsky

Social Constructivism Zone of Proximal Development

Albert Bandura Social Learning Theory

Movements & Trends Influencing Literacy Value placed on reading research

Interest in reading disabilities grew

School Libraries were funded Trade books were being utilized to increase

reading in the content areas

Movements & Trends Influencing LiteracyCont’d Single component tests were developed to test

comprehension and knowledge of phonics Mastery Learning Movement Criterion-referenced tests Curriculum-embedded assessments

Challenges Philosophy Pedagogy- harder texts, more phonics, and skill

development programs

Political, Social, & Economic Influences: The Center for the Study of Reading focused its

attention on comprehension Commissioner of Education- National Right to

Read Program Sesame Street and Star Wars were released Public law 94-148

Education for all students with disabilities

Seminal Study:

Dolores, D. (1978-1979). What classroom observations reveal about reading comprehension instruction. Reading comprehension instruction or lack of Grades 3-6 More written work/ less comprehension

instruction

Other Seminal Studies of Interest: Chomsky, N. (1965). Aspects of a theory of

syntax. Durkin, D. (1966). Children who read early. Goodman, K. (1967). Reading: a

psycholinguistic guessing game.

Smith, F. (1971). Understanding reading.

Wrap-Up: KWL

I. What we “Learned” about reading instruction in the late 1960’s & 1970’s

II. Sharing

III. Conclusion