Kenneth goodman miscue analysis 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