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Smith, Sandra A. – 1992
A practicum developed and implemented reading strategies to increase the positive attitudes toward recreational reading of a third-grade target group. The practicum focused on five central strategies for achieving objectives: alternative book reports, home leisure reading, guest reader program, read-aloud student response journals, and writing and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Independent Reading, Primary Education, Reading Aloud to Others
Motivating First-Grade Students To Read Independently for Pleasure through a Whole Language Program.
Download full textGunter, Johnette C. – 1994
A practicum was designed to motivate first-grade students in a rural community in the southeastern United States to read independently for pleasure in the classroom and at home. A whole language program was implemented which did not include the use of basal readers or workbooks. Children's literature was the primary source used for reading…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 1, Independent Reading, Instructional Effectiveness
Johnston, Cynthia J. – 1990
This practicum was designed to provide a setting where negative attitudes toward reading in eight eighth-grade literature students (in a small private school in a large southeastern city) would be modified. The practicum aimed to provide students with regular opportunities for successful experiences in reading, and to promote the enjoyment of…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Independent Reading, Individualized Reading, Literature Appreciation
Leckie, Sheila – 1979
A total of 162 elementary school children who were underachieving in reading were selected to participate in a supplementary program that used paperback books to improve reading competency. Exit scores were predicted for each student. The program focused on the following components: encouraging students to read from a wide selection of readily…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Paperback Books, Reading Achievement
Witry, Susan M. – 1989
A practicum addressed the problem of a lack of reading motivation among middle grade students. An activity based program for middle grade students which integrated reading, book reports, book presentations, computer programs, and a library skills program was developed. Subjects, 32 fifth grade and 33 sixth grade students enrolled in a computer…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Databases, Grade 5, Grade 6
Melody, E. Joanne – 1987
A practicum addressed the problem of 8 second and third grade nonindependent readers (students at a small private school) who were not choosing to read library books. The literature review disclosed using sustained silent reading, sharing responses to reading and planning for more available time to read in the classroom and at home as viable ways…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Independent Reading, Motivation Techniques
Orr, Patricia B. – 1989
This practicum report describes an individualized multiple methods/materials approach to the teaching of reading to improve the critical reading skills of seventh grade students in a middle school in Georgia. The core of the program was the use of novels selected with the particular interests of adolescents in mind. Sixty-four students in the…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Critical Reading, Grade 7, Independent Reading
