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Fisher, Joseph A., Ed. – 1984
Consisting of a selection of papers presented at the 1982 and 1983 meetings of the North Central Reading Association, this yearbook includes sections on computers, research, professional issues, and programs. Papers include: "The Computerized Broom Will Sweep Our Future Classrooms: But Not Necessarily Clean" (George E. Mason); "Beyond the…
Descriptors: Adults, College Programs, College Students, Computer Uses in Education
Lumpkin, Donavon, Ed.; And Others – 1988
Articles in this eighth yearbook of the American Reading Forum address the dilemmas of teaching reading. Articles, listed with their authors, are as follows: (1) "Deepening a Dilemma: Stylus vs. Computer Writing at an Early Primary Level" (J. Heep); (2) "Concept Maps and Vee Diagrams: Strategies To Deal with the Dilemma of the Restricted…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Pesqueira, Virginia, Ed. – 1981
Contained in this yearbook are the proceedings of the fourth annual Arizona State University Reading Conference. This edition reflects an emphasis on bilingual/bicultural aspects of reading, as well as on content area instruction. Following a foreword, the articles discuss the following: (1) matching materials and strategies for comprehension, (2)…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Content Area Reading, Early Childhood Education
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of this conference panel was to determine the interaction between the structural properties of text and the cognitive processes involved in comprehension. This panel report contains sections on the organization of the message in the communication system, the information readers derive from a message and how well they derive it, the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports
Kamil, Michael L., Ed.; Moe, Alden J., Ed. – 1980
Reflecting the increasing complexity and sophistication in reading research, the papers in this collection represent a wide spectrum of approaches, philosophies, viewpoints, and techniques of scholarly endeavor in their treatment of reading research and instruction. The 52 articles selected from those presented at the 1979 meeting of the National…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Older Adults, Readability
McNinch, George H., Ed.; And Others – 1985
Conference presentations of research on reading comprehension, reading instruction, computer applications in reading instruction, and reading theory are compiled in this yearbook. Titles and authors of some of the articles are as follows: "A Rationale for Teaching Children with Limited English Proficiency" (M. Zintz); "Preliminary Development of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Mazur, Gertrud S., Ed. – 1979
The following papers of relevance to second language instruction are compiled here: (1) "Bilingual Math in a Monolingual Classroom: A Field Study," by Elizabeth M. Baricevic; (2) "Ideologie et pedagogie: reflexions sur le manuel de francais au programme de '3e annee secondaire' en Algerie," by Jeanne Adam; (3) "Pedagogic…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Curriculum, Discourse Analysis
Fletcher, J. D.; Sawyer, T. E. – 1984
A 3-phase project to adapt, develop, and evaluate computer-aided instructional materials in elementary education basics (specifically word recognition, reading comprehension, and mathematics) for Alaska Native and American Indian students included in its design and planning phase a conference with project staff and six nationally recognized…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Basic Skills
McNinch, George H., Ed. – 1981
Papers delivered at the First American Reading Forum are collected in this yearbook. Focusing on the theme of comprehension, many of the essays respond to a preceding essay. The essays and reactions cover a variety of topics, including the following: (1) comprehension measures, (2) instructional strategies to promote comprehension, (3) current…
Descriptors: Adults, Content Area Reading, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Waterman, David C., Comp.; Gibbs, Vanita M., Comp. – 1979
The papers presented in this annual reading conference report focus on various aspects of the topic, "The Reading Environment." The opening address advocates establishing reading programs that correspond to the developmental stages of individual children--programs that consider the needs of the whole child. The other papers delivered at the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Environment, Critical Reading, Curriculum Development
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of the panel on semantics, concepts, and culture, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine how lexical, semantic, conceptual, and cultural factors contribute to reading comprehension. The contents of the document include the following: "Word Recognition Skills," which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading)
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The aim of the panel on reading comprehension, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine the influence of intellectual factors, general experiences with the world, knowledge specific to the particular reading task, and general decoding skills to successful reading performance. In addition,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading), Functional Literacy
Lumpkin, Donavon, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Articles in this yearbook contribute to a broad perspective of changing concepts of reading, each focusing attention on an area of major factors exercising current impact on reading and on the education of reading teachers. The articles and their authors are as follows: "Learning from Text" (T. Estes); "Untying the Gordian Knot" (W. Blanton and G.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Experience Approach
Daiker, Donald A., Ed.; And Others – 1979
Drawn from a conference that addressed the role of sentence combining in the teaching of writing, the papers in this collection are divided into three sections: the theory of sentence combining, research in sentence combining, and sentence combining in the classroom. The 22 papers discuss a variety of topics, including the following: (1) sentence…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition
Figurel, J. Allen, Ed. – 1966
This book is the first and largest volume of a three-part work that constitutes the proceedings of the 1966 International Reading Association conference. The papers in this book represent broad viewpoints of reading at all instructional levels and are presented in the following sections: the presidential address and other major addresses, ten…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Conference Reports, Corrective Reading, Curriculum Development
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