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  • The look and say reading method is also known as look-see or the whole-word approach.
  • Mr. Zindler is by my best guess, a product of the "look-see" or "whole-word" method of reading as was my grandmother.
  • Flesch argued that schools were not teaching children to read, and he railed against the whole-word method, which he saw as being dominant in schools.
  • That's why we have such failed programs as whole-word reading, "New" math, and "environmentally friendly" science courses being taught at all levels of school.
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