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Heafner, Tina Lane, Ed.; Hartshorne, Richard, Ed.; Thripp, Richard, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
National efforts have been made to encourage technology integration in teacher preparation with expectations for frequent and successful applications with K-12 learners. While online learning has become pervasive in many fields in education, it has been somewhat slow to catch on in K-12 settings. The "Handbook of Research on Emerging…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Brunner, Judy – Principal Leadership, 2010
The purpose of swimming is to travel safely through water; the purpose of reading is to construct meaning. Both skills require perseverance from the student and patience from the teacher. Not having the necessary swimming skills may result in tragic consequences. Not having the ability to read and understand text--although probably not fatal--will…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Content Area Reading
Fletcher, Jo; Greenwood, Janinka; Grimley, Michael; Parkhill, Faye – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2011
Many studies show that school leadership is a key factor in supporting change within schools, but few have specifically considered the impact leadership has on gains in students' reading outcomes. This article focuses on factors that typify leadership in schools where such gains have been identified and explores the nature and quality of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Instructional Leadership
Reed, Deborah K. – Center on Instruction, 2012
This resource is a compilation of three documents that support the teaching of spelling in today's schools: a discussion of "Why Spelling Instruction Matters", a checklist for evaluating a spelling program, and tables of Common Core State Standards that are linked to spelling instruction. "Why Spelling Instruction Matters"…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Spelling, State Standards, Reading Ability
Williams, Lunetta M.; Hedrick, Wanda B.; Tuschinski, Linda – Childhood Education, 2008
Motivating children to read on their own has been less of a priority than improving reading achievement in recent years, but many teachers are still asking, "How do I get my students to want to read?" The omission of motivation as a major component of reading instruction by the National Reading Panel (2000) was interpreted by many schools as a…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Independent Reading, Reading Achievement, Testing
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. – WestEd, 2008
"Policy Perspectives" presents visiting authors' own views and/or research on issues relevant to schools and communities nationwide. The idea that reading skill is largely a set of general-purpose maneuvers that can be applied to any and all texts is one of the main barriers to our children's overall low achievement in reading, argues…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Federal Legislation, Educational Philosophy, Low Achievement
Alberta Education, 2008
Literacy has become much more than just the ability to read: recent literature related to literacy instruction suggests that an essential goal is to develop in students the ability to think deeply about what they read and to express themselves accurately and expressively in all contexts. There is a growing acceptance of the importance of lifelong…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Reading Strategies, Lifelong Learning, Educational Change

Beck, Isabel L. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Background knowledge is a critical relationship in reading comprehension. Includes a discussion on the classroom application of background knowledge in reading instruction. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension

Winograd, Peter; Greenlee, Marilyn – Educational Leadership, 1986
A balanced approach to reading instruction favors cultivating reading as a strategic activity that requires intentionality, interest, and motivation on the part of the learner. Includes references. (MD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Attitudes

Senyshyn, Yaroslav – Educational Leadership, 2005
Eleventh grade English class "special students" with a fourth or fifth grade level of reading ability are won over by an enterprising teacher reading stories by Boccaccio, Chaucer and Shakespeare and introducing them to opera. The so called difficult kids often have more aptitude and talent than given credit for by shortsighted teachers and…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Opera, Reading Ability, Special Education

Hammon, Linda L. – Social Studies Texan, 1993
Argues that recent findings in national surveys indicate a general lack of geographic knowledge and a disinterest in reading among students. Provides an annotated bibliography of fiction and nonfiction children's literature categorized by geographical subject area. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Educational Strategies

Lamb, Susannah J.; Gregory, Andrew H. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on a study of the relationship of both phonemic and musical sound discrimination to reading ability among 18 British first graders. Finds that discrimination of musical sounds is related to music performance but that the influential factor is a specific awareness of pitch changes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Letters (Alphabet)
Farr, Roger – Curriculum Review, 1987
This discussion of assessing students' reading abilities focuses on the need for developing better tests and better interpretation of test scores. Criterion-referenced tests versus norm-referenced tests are described, highlighting the Degrees of Reading Power and Metropolitan Achievement Tests: Reading, and the need for assessing the reading…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests

Roeher Inst., North York (Ontario). – 1995
This guide for literacy program managers and coordinators provides basic information about people labeled as having an intellectual disability and offers practical teaching strategies and tips on designing inclusive literacy programs. It also raises questions to encourage re-examination of programs. The first four short chapters are on: making the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
Sanacore, Joseph – 1987
In school districts throughout the United States, at-risk students are receiving remedial instruction in learning centers outside the classroom. Because this separation increases the likelihood that students will receive a fragmented education, learning center staff should provide remedial students with "curricular congruence," or content and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Functional Reading, High Schools, Individualized Reading
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