Real Reading in Basals I

Annotated Research

Question: How often does reading occur in children’s basal readers?

 Answer: “Acts of reading portrayed in [basal] stories comprise less than 10 percent of content, and usually show the reading of signs.” S Davis. 1987. P. 225.

Comment: FYI. RayS.

Title: “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English.” JD Marshall and RK Durst. Research in the Teaching of English (May 1988), 213-227.