K-12: Quackery Kneecaps Reading
In the early 1950s, when Rudolf Flesch started work on his famous book Why Johnny Can't Read, he visited the New York Public Library to find research on the big question, what's better, phonics or sight-words? In Chapter 1 of this historic book, Flesch reported that there were a dozen academic studies, going back to the early 1900s. All favored phonics.- Monday, July 5, 2021