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Schuler, Viola A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Outlines the story of one first-grade student's successful struggle with learning to read. (MD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Improvement
Instructor, 1978
Thirty activity ideas for school and home use that reinforce reading skills. (CM)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Improvement
Download full textSERVE: SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education. – 1998
Describing the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) program and its mission to promote and support the continual improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast, this paper discusses ways that teachers can decipher their students' progress in reading to help further develop students' reading skills. It is…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedSteinley, Gary – Language Arts, 1983
Suggests several activities designed to stimulate both the right and left sides of the brain when students are reading literary texts. (JL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Creative Activities, Literature Appreciation, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedMangieri, John N.; Corboy, Margaret R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Many students read below grade level and have problems reading their core textbooks. Presented are five techniques secondary teachers can use to improve their students' reading skills. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Reading Improvement, Reading Skills, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKahn, Norma B. – Clearing House, 1983
Proposes the use of analogies as a means of helping secondary school students become mature and versatile readers. Offers an example of how analogy was used in one lesson. (FL)
Descriptors: Fiction, Language Usage, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedAxelrod, Jerome – Journal of Reading, 1975
Presents some additional thoughts on improving reading comprehension through the use of multiple-choice main idea reading exercises. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Ediger, Marlow – 2000
Inadequate self-concepts develop due to being a poor and insecure reader. Any company invests time and money wisely if it provides individuals opportunities to develop needed reading skills at the workplace. There are selected prerequisites for reading instructors to stress when teaching at the workplace: (1) the instructor needs to have basic…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Manzone, Christine A. – 1989
The paper describes six skills that can be used to improve the reading comprehension of learning disabled students. The skills can be utilized in a reading program or with reading in a content area. Examples from particular models of instruction are provided as well as a rationale for each. The skills may be used either individually, as a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Naperville, IL. – 2002
After an 3-year period of debate and consideration, Congress has reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Signed into law by President Bush in January 2001, the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act of 2001 will bring many significant changes to schools nationwide. The purpose of this brochure is to help educators in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Sparber, Ilona – Australian Journal of Reading, 1981
Evaluates the characteristics common to most reading programs and offers suggestions for keeping a program a learning rather than a testing situation. (HTH)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedUsova, George M.; Black, Carolyn – Reading Improvement, 1980
Describes the Instructional Framework, a teacher-constructed activity in which students are shown how to develop concepts while simultaneously learning content. (FL)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Content Area Reading, English Instruction
Peer reviewedLarson, Martha L. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Describes a teaching method designed to increase interest in oral reading and improve students' reading skills. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Reading, Elementary Education, Oral Reading
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1987
This handbook describes the procedures for implementing the Comprehensive Reading Program of the Chicago Public Schools, a reading program for all students in kindergarten through grade 8 which is consistent with the goals established by the Illinois State Board of Education. Intended as a guide for staff and as an aid in staff development…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Guides, Program Implementation, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading, 1985
Suggests 10 classroom-tested activities that improve reading comprehension. (DF)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
