All CALT Exam Prep

All CALT Exam Prep McGuffey Readers - ANSWER Formal reading instruction was based on "phonics" used at the beginning of the 20th Century Dick & Jane ( "Look/Say" Method ) - ANSWER Thought that children would make more rapid progress reading if they identified whole words at a glance. Used from 1930s - 1960s. Rudolph Flesch - ANSWER Started the issue of the great debate to the publics attention on how best to teach a child to read. This came about in his book. "Why Johnny Can't Read" (Mid 1950s) NICHD - ANSWER Began looking at the issue as the deemed the inability to read as a "national health issue" and began to fund research in the area of reading. (1965) "Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jean Chall - ANSWER This book caught the attention of professionals and the government that our nation is in a reading crisis. Children are not learning to read since the look and say method came about. (1967) Basal Reading Programs - ANSWER These programs begin to drive reading instruction. 70% of American Schools bought one or more of the best selling programs. (1960s to mid 80s) Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith - ANSWER Developed the Top-Down approach to reading instruction. Believed that reading should be taught through immersion in children's literature . Teaches reading without breaking it down into parts. Whole Language based, emphasis is on guessing at words rather than sounding them out. (1980s) G. Reid Lyon - ANSWER Became the coordinator of the research for NICHD. (1985) National Reading Panel Report - ANSWER Produced scientifically based research that demonstrated that approximately 40% of the population "have reading problems severe enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading." (2000)