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Durkin, Dolores – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1970
The best way to help a child to learn to read is to give him a variety of opportunities to exercise his reading skills. (CK)
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Educational Leadership, 1978
If taught well, reading instruction can have a positive effect on kindergarten children. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
Durkin, Dolores – J Educ Res, 1970
Descriptors: Age, Educational Research, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Reading Teacher, 1987
Reports findings of a study of current practices in kindergarten programs showing that teachers seldom use test results to adapt instruction to individual needs. (FL)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Durkin, Dolores – 1974
This book provides specific, practical suggestions for the classroom teacher, covering the whole of the elementary school reading program. Chapters include "Teaching Reading,""Instructional Materials,""Organizing for Instruction,""Oral and Silent Reading,""Readiness for Reading,""Preschool Reading,""Reading in the Kindergarten,""Whole Word…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Download full textDurkin, Dolores – 1987
Academic testing observed in a year-long study of kindergarten classes in 15 districts was primarily concerned with whether children were succeeding with the content of a basal reader readiness workbook that essentially dealt with phonics. Such success was viewed as a prerequisite for the first preprimer in the basal series, the use of which…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Kindergarten
Durkin, Dolores – 1989
Intended for teachers and prospective teachers, the purpose of this book is to provide information about reading instruction from kindergarten through the elementary grades. Part 1 deals with "Background Information" and includes chapters on: (1) The Reading Process; (2) Silent or Oral Reading? and (3) Reading Instruction. Part 2 discusses…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading
