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Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; Padak, Nancy D., Ed.; Church, Brenda Weible, Ed.; Fawcett, Gay, Ed.; Hendershot, Judith, Ed.; Henry, Justina M., Ed.; Moss, Barbara G., Ed.; Peck, Jacqueline K., Ed.; Pryor, Elizabeth, Ed.; Roskos, Kathleen A., Ed. – 2000
Most educators recognize the importance of home-school connections, especially for the development of engaged and enthusiastic readers. This collection of 33 articles published in "The Reading Teacher" from 1993 to 1999 presents the "best of the best" classroom-tested ideas and approaches for increasing student motivation for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation
Flynt, E. Sutton; Cooter, Robert B., Jr. – 1998
Noting that many teachers may be moving gradually toward holistic teaching while still using many traditional materials and practices, this book presents a reading inventory that retains some traditional methods and descriptions as well as naturalistic assessment methods and descriptions that are more consistent with current thinking about…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Reading Inventories
Michel, Pamela A. – 1994
This book adopts the point of view of a child to consider young children and how they think about reading. A premise of the book is that beginning readers have rich understandings of reading and are able to share these insights with any adults who care to listen. The book argues that reading instruction can be improved by listening to children and…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Family Environment
Morrow, Lesley Mandel – 1993
Intended for teachers, reading specialists, administrators, students in teacher education programs, and parents, this book contains descriptions of strategies for fostering emergent literacy and steps for carrying them out. An underlying theme is the merging of the art and the science of teaching. Chapters in the book begin with questions to focus…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Literacy
Leonhardt, Mary – 1996
This book aims to show parents how to instill the love of reading in their children and how to nurture that love throughout their lives, even in the face of television, video, and computer entertainment. The book is based on the concept of "reading pathways," developed after more than 20 years of classroom observation and interviews. It…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Child Rearing, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature
Block, Cathy Collins, Ed.; Pressley, Michael, Ed. – 2002
Noting that comprehension instruction is widely recognized as an essential component of developing students' pleasure and profit from reading, this book presents 25 essays on comprehension instruction that summarize current research and provide best-practice guidelines for teachers and teacher educators. Each chapter in the book presents key…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews, Metacognition
Woods, Mary Lynn; Moe, Alden J. – 1995
This book presents three narrative forms and two expository forms of an analytical reading inventory (ARI) that evaluates the processing strategies readers use as they read. Designed to be used as an individual analysis, the ARI presented in the book can help identify the reader's general level of word recognition; word recognition strengths and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Informal Reading Inventories
Topping, Keith, Ed.; Wolfendale, Sheila, Ed. – 1985
Noting recent research showing the considerable benefit in having carefully structured systems for parental involvement in reading, this book presents a review of past and current successful practices in this field. The chapters in the first part of the book discuss the context of international trends in parents' involvement in their children's…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Family Influence, Parent Child Relationship
Ruddell, Robert B. – 1999
This second edition focuses on helping the preservice teacher become an "Influential Reading Teacher," one whom students remember years later as a special teacher and person. The ideas and teaching strategies in the book actively involve preservice teachers in understanding and thinking about children's reading and writing development. New to this…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Professional Development
Readence, John E.; And Others – 1992
Integrating the current "state of the art" in content area reading with some new ideas, this book presents preservice and inservice teachers with theory and related teaching strategies to aid students in reading and learning from their textbooks. The book provides teachers with a comprehensive examination of content area reading to make…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Individual Differences, Integrated Activities
Beers, Kylene, Ed.; Samuels, Barbara G., Ed. – 1998
Addressing the needs of English language learners, remedial readers, avid readers, gifted readers, dormant readers, reluctant readers, and readers in content areas, this book's goal is to help middle school teachers connect their students to reading. The book offers multiple lists of trade books that different types of middle school readers enjoy;…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Gifted
Carbo, Marie; And Others – 1986
Designed to assist parents, classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special educators, this book describes effective reading programs that promote reading success and achievement for children at all reading levels. The 10 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) "Preventing Reading Failure and Increasing Reading Achievement through Learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
