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Savova, Lilia, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2009
This volume in the TESOL Classroom Practice Series asks one fundamental question, "How can teachers teach the students, not the book?" The response, given within "Using Textbooks Effectively", is to move beyond the textbook as a separate entity and view it instead as part of the ESOL curriculum process and as a tool for student learning. The…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Textbooks, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning
Baldwin, James; Bender, Ida C. – American Book Company, 1911
This textbook is part of a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The selections have been chosen and arranged with strict reference to the capabilities and tastes of the pupils who are to read them, thus making…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Oral Reading
Baldwin, James; Bender, Ida C. – American Book Company, 1911
This textbook is the fourth reader in a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The selections have been chosen and arranged with strict reference to the capabilities and tastes of the pupils who are to read them,…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, Grade 4, Elementary Education
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Kourea, Lefki; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Musti-Rao, Shobana – Remedial and Special Education, 2007
This study reports the results of a peer-mediated intervention, total class peer tutoring, on the academic performance of six urban students at risk for reading failure. A multiple baseline design across subjects was used to evaluate the effects of this intervention. The results showed that five of the six students significantly increased their…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Skills
Criscoe, Betty L., Ed.; Lanasa, Philip J., III, Ed. – 1995
The 15 adapted fairy tales presented in this book were prepared for use in practicing oral reading by a parent and a child, a teacher and a child, or two children, one of whom reads slightly better than the other. The stories in the book are arranged in dialogue format for two readers. The high interest/low readability stories in the book are…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fairy Tales, Oral Reading
Gilliland, Hap – 1983
The oral Red Cloud Reading Test provides a complete analysis of reading level and skills for American Indian students in grades 1-7 or for high school and adult students reading at or below high school levels. The test determines the basic and recreational reading levels, identifies reading problems, determines reading speeds, and analyzes the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Context Clues