Twelve Compelling Principles from the Research on Effective Phonics Instruction
This document reviews the research on effective phonics instruction. Part one of a two-part series, Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell summarize the research that the Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study System is directly aligned with.
Read part two, "The Fountas & Pinnell Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Systems: Explicit, Systematic, and Grounded in the Twelve Principles from Research," a document that demonstrates the direct alignment to this body of research.