The look and say reading method is also known as look-see or the whole-word approach. From Wordnik.com. [How to Find the Best Method to Teach Your Child to Learn to Read « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
Mr. Zindler is by my best guess, a product of the "look-see" or "whole-word" method of reading as was my grandmother. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: PRONUNCIATION WARS IN TEXAS.] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [April 2008] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Public money and religious schools.] Reference
In various discussions of this I came to the conclusion that with a sufficiently complex system rules and exceptions, reading might be taught phonetically, but that teaching writing has to be whole-word. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ENGLISH SPELLING.] Reference
As Greek teachers often use analytic or whole-word methods in teaching reading, findings of this study could contribute to a better understanding of the appropriate teaching methods used in primary education in Cyprus. From Wordnik.com. [Reading Development in Two Different Contexts:the Case of the English-greek Bilingual Children in UK and in Cyprus « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
People who think whole-word reading instruction is superior to phonics forget what every English-as-second-language speaker knows: English has a whole lot of words, more (I think) than any other widely spoken language. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Teaching Reading Right] Reference
In a thread about language teaching awhile back I posted the idea (new to me) that even people who try to teach reading "phonetically" (with two-letter and three-letter combos, plus exceptions) have to use the whole-word method when taching writing. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: Q BEFORE U.] Reference
Search and replace, including case-insensitive, whole-word, and wildcard searches. From Wordnik.com. [20 Newest Free Software Downloads - Freeware Files.com] Reference
Word and pseudoword naming responses primed by words with non-dominant stress - which require whole-word knowledge to be read correctly - were compared to those primed by nonwords. From Wordnik.com. [Elites TV] Reference
It integrates a color screen with three-dimensional maps, a DVD player, a voice-activated unit facilitating whole-word commands, and a large hard disk drive which stores data for navigation, music, and phoning. From Wordnik.com. [Top Speed] Reference
It integrates a color display with three-dimensional maps, a DVD player, a voice-activated unit facilitating whole-word commands, and a large hard disk drive which stores data for navigation, music, and phoning. From Wordnik.com. [Jalopnik] Reference
The standard Voice Control system allows the driver to operate the navigation, telephone and audio devices via whole-word input - meaning the driver no longer needs to spell out his commands but simply speaks whole words when entering the destination, choosing a radio station or a music title from the Music Register, or when calling up a name from the phone book. From Wordnik.com. [Top Speed] Reference
As I pointed out, whole-word teaching has been used for fifty years in this country, and it’s worked pretty well. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Teaching Reading Right] Reference
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