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Download full textRobinson, Viviane; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted in South Auckland, New Zealand, to discover how parents could help children with reading difficulties. Specifically, the study addressed three questions: Do parents want to help improve their children's reading? Can parents learn specific reading tutoring skills? Does parent tutoring improve children's reading, both at home…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Home Instruction, Parent Role
Paths to Success, 1996
The first in a series reporting on strategies to improve children's readiness for school and to help schools be better prepared to meet the needs of all children, this report traces Arkansas' efforts to improve reading instruction. This issue discusses the following topics: (1) Reading in the First Grade: Now or Never? (2) Limitations and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Reading, Grade 1, Primary Education
Peer reviewedSchrenker, Cecilia, Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1981
The eight articles in this journal issue focus on the role of the parent in the reading program. Specific topics discussed in the articles include the following: (1) ways that parents can support the school reading program, (2) tips for parents on how to develop a time management system for home reading instruction, (3) strategies designed to help…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation
Pinette, Clayton, Ed.; And Others – Forum for Reading, 1980
Sponsored by a special interest group of the International Reading Association, the focus of this journal issue is on college reading improvement. Chapter titles include "College Level Developmental Reading and Study Skills Programs: Survey Report and Overview"; "Providing Assistance to College Science Teachers"; "Sitting in on Doctors Pompous and…
Descriptors: College Science, Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Developmental Studies Programs
Fisher, Joseph A., Ed. – 1980
Including sections on research, programs, and professional problems and issues, this yearbook contains presentations given at the 1978 and 1979 meetings of the North Central Reading Association. Papers include: "The Effects of Anxiety on Reading Comprehension" (David Wark and others); "Some Effects of Anxiety on University Students" (J. Michael…
Descriptors: College Programs, Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Program Evaluation
Kelly, Clare, Ed.; And Others – Early Childhood Review: Papers from GAEC, 1995
This booklet is part of a series of articles, reviews, and conference reports issued by Goldsmiths Association for Early Childhood (GAEC). This issue focuses on parents as partners from the point of view of parents, teachers, and childminders, discussing how the partnership between home and school continues to become a more equal one by…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience
Yukis, Joseph F. – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
This newsletter describes the Reading Recovery program, developed in New Zealand to help low-achieving first-grade students "recover" 90 percent of average first-grade reading and writing skills after 12 to 18 weeks of intensive instruction. It is currently being implemented by school districts in the United States as well--statewide in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Instruction
Paired Reading Bulletin, 1988
The annual bulletin of the Paired Reading Project contains 17 feature articles: (1) "Parental Involvement in Reading and Language" (F. Burton); (2) "Infant/Infant Cross-Age Peer Group Tuition" (A. Low and M.Davies); (3) "Comment on Low & Davies" (K. Topping); (4) "Paired Reading in Reaside Middle School"…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Migrant Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 47 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: a programed tutoring project in which older students tutored first grade students; oral reading miscues made by children in high, medium, and low reading groups;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Cloze Procedure, Doctoral Dissertations
Marashio Paul, Ed.; And Others – Pedagogy Journal, 1995
This annual serial volume contains 22 articles offering practical pedagogical ideas from faculty at New Hampshire technical colleges. Section I, "Learners Conversing," includes "'Cheering': A Prelude to a Street Dweller," by Thomas Gorka; "Illusions of Fear: Unleashing My Writing," by Bruce Maville; and "Claremont's Writing Workshop," a transcript…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology
Maley, Donald, Ed.; Starkweather, Kendall N., Ed. – 1982
This yearbook consists of 14 articles dealing with the contributions of industrial arts to selected areas of education. Included among the articles presented are the following: "Industrial Arts and Its Contribution to the Education of the Elementary School Child," by Michael J. Williams; "Industrial Arts and Its Contribution in Assisting the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Education, Consumer Education, Decision Making
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with the following topics: (1) guiding the learner through a textual passage with an associate passage; (2) use of direct-functional study skill technique in seventh grade social studies classes; (3) three types of…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Attitudes, Content Area Reading
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the relationship between readability of written material and reading competency of upper middle class adult readers, the economic benefits of adult basic education…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: the effects of reading preference, diagnostic-prescriptive teaching, prior knowledge, training in visual imagery, and electromyograph biofeedback training on reading comprehension;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Diagnostic Teaching, Doctoral Dissertations, Low Income Groups
Reiff, Tana, Ed. – Adult Student Magazine, 1982
Written for, by, and about adult students, this issue includes a series of articles dealing with various aspects of students' career and educational plans and planning. The following topics are covered: the necessity of taking risks in life; the story of someone who finally gets the nerve to take the General Equivalency Development (GED) test;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives
