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believed a childs early education needs to be a natural process
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believed children may be able to teach themselves to read, but that it is also crucial for parents and teachers to help guide them through this learning experience
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advocating maturation as most important factor for reading
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held a study that showed children have a mental age of 6 and a half years showed better achievement on reading tests
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-learning the sounds of letters
-manipulatives for assistance
-sight words being taught using real pictures and objects -
wanted children to develop socially, physically, emotionally, and intellectually, with little formal reading and writing instruction
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literacy activities being embedded within content areas
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Direct Instruction System for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading. Used behavioral methods.
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different periods that involves different levels of thinking and language
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test scores weren't indicating improved literacy skills