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Ken Goodman
American academic (1927–2020)
For the North Carolina politician, see Ken Goodman (politician).
Kenneth Goodman (December 23, 1927 - March 12, 2020) was Professor Emeritus, Language Reading and Culture, at the University of Arizona.[1] He is best known for developing the theory underlying the literacy philosophy of whole language.[2]
Biography
Goodman began teaching at Wayne State University in 1962.
His research focused on reading in public schools. While at Wayne State University, Goodman developed miscue analysis, a process of assessing students' reading comprehension based on samples of oral reading. One of his research assistants in miscue analysis was Rudine Sims Bishop.[3] Goodman taught at Wayne State University for 15 years before moving to the University of Arizona.[4]
After publishing an influential book on the subject of whole language, Goodman began to create a psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic model of r
