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Editorial Projects in Education, 2024
Strong foundational reading skills empower students to succeed both within and beyond the classroom. This Spotlight will help readers identify how much time should be spent teaching foundational reading skills; review how reading aloud to students can be a critical tool for developing literacy; investigate how teachers can support older students…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Skills, Time on Task, Reading Aloud to Others
Editorial Projects in Education, 2024
Strong reading and literacy skills are essential for students' success in K-12 and beyond by providing the foundation for understanding the world and communicating effectively. This Spotlight will help readers learn how classroom conversations can boost reading proficiency; identify research on how to get students absorbed in reading; examine…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Research, Reading Habits, Educational Policy
LDA of Minnesota, 2004
In the past, researchers believed that reading fluency developed as a result of good word recognition skills; however, it is now believed that fluency must be explicitly taught and practiced orally in order to develop. Readers who are not fluent in reading will be less motivated to practice, have more difficulty learning academic content, and…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Curriculum, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, 2005
This issue contains 12 articles on modes of delivery in adult basic education. They include: "Teaching for Communicative Competence" (Donna Moss); "Sustained Silent Reading: A Useful Model" (Susanne Campagna); " A Slow Conversion to Reading Groups" (Susan Watson); "Differentiated Instruction" (Mary Ann Corley); "Differentiating Instruction for a…
Descriptors: Interaction, Group Instruction, Sustained Silent Reading, Silent Reading
Sadowski, Michael, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2004
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) School-Based Coaching: A Revolution in Professional Development--or Just the Latest Fad? (Alexander Russo); (2) Fluency Tests Help Identify Struggling…
Descriptors: Newsletters, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Reading Fluency
Potts, Meta, Ed. – National Institute for Literacy, 2003
"EFF HOT (Highlights on Teaching Topics) Topics" is a publication of the EFF (Equipped for the Future) Center for Training and Technical Assistance. Each issue concentrates on a specific topic, highlighting examples of actual practice and offering strategies and tools for using EFF in the classroom. In this issue, "HOT Topics" focuses on the EFF…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education