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How traditional teaching really pays in later life
From:
Daily Mail
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February 16, 2004| Author:
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CHILDREN taught English using traditional methods go on to earn up
to Pounds 5,500 extra over their lifetime, a study has found.
Researchers assessed the effects of the National Literacy Project,
in which teachers focused on grammar and punctuation as well as using
triedandtested methods such as 'phonics', in which children learn the
sounds of the alphabet.
Carried out from 1996 to 1998 in junior schools where pupils
scored below national averages for reading, it came in response to
concerns children were being allowed too much 'free reading', with
little or no guidance.
The project ...
