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The Role of Explicit Instruction in Reading Whole language: emphasis on authentic, literacy-rich environments, accompanied by embedded phonics instruction Explicit instruction: underscores explicit modeling of information processing

Implicit Instruction Rooted in the progressive movement, which focused on children and their experience rather than on children and the curriculum.

Samples of Implicit Reading Instruction Whole language Language experience Literary response theory Extensive reading Free voluntary reading

Characteristics of Explicit Instruction Reading is an active process that involves readers’ interaction with text to produce meaning Thinking about thinking Reader uses declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge Raises learners’ metacognitive ability