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Peer reviewedLutz, Elaine – Journal of Reading, 1986
Suggests ways in which folklore can be used in reading and language arts classes. (SRT)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Fables, Folk Culture, Legends
Peer reviewedHolbrook, Hilary Taylor – Reading Teacher, 1985
Examines the quality of basal readers and textbooks, discusses some of the forces affecting textbook quality and selection, and offers suggestions for coping with less-than-adequate reading materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMier, Margaret – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reviews recent ERIC materials on comprehension monitoring. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Download full textSmith, Carl B., Ed. – 2003
This topical bibliography and commentary provides an overview of current thinking on the role of phonics in reading instruction. It discusses the value of phonics, phonics and phonemic awareness, the need for explicit instruction, principles in phonics instruction, and recommended instructional procedures. It concludes that findings from research…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics
St. John, Edward P.; Loescher, Siri Ann – 2001
Indiana's Early Intervention Grant Program (EIGP) provides funding for Reading Recovery and other early interventions focused on improvement in early reading programs (Grades 1-5). This resource guide provides information that schools in Indiana can use to plan for proposals for EIGP and other grant programs, such as comprehensive school reform…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Grants
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, Holly – Reading Teacher, 1982
Examines the literature concerning the use of drugs to treat hyperactive children, the effects of these drugs upon the children's performance in the classroom, and the role of the teacher in drug treatment. IFL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education, Hyperactivity
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, Holly – Reading Teacher, 1982
Distinguishes between computer assisted instruction and computer managed instruction and relates some of their applications to the reading classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computers, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAuten, Anne – Language Arts, 1981
Cites materials in the ERIC system dealing with the importance of using good literature for children's reading materials, as well as suggestions to help teachers bring children and good books together. (HTH)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedSmith, Carl B. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Discusses vocabulary development in content area reading and the use of a vocabulary matrix of related concepts and a t-bar chart of words related to new vocabulary. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedGreene, Beth G. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1991
Provides 11 annotations from the ERIC database of recent reports and conference papers that address the relationship of phonics to beginning reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics
Baskin, Barbara; Harris, Karen H. – 1985
The importance of reading in curriculum for gifted students is emphasized in the digest which also examines reading curriculum strategies. Highly able readers are seen to have needs for specific assistance in developing more complex skills in choosing books and materials for particular purposes, and in applying learning to real-life problems.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Gifted, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedAiex, Nola Kortner – Reading Teacher, 1988
Describes resources in the ERIC database that can help teachers use literature in the reading program. (FL)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedKoenke, Karl – Reading Teacher, 1987
Focuses on the role of pictures in books used for reading instruction to determine how they are used, how their content has changed over the years, and how pictures affect reading comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Illustrations, Reader Text Relationship
Auten, Anne – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1985
Provides abstracts of documents reporting computer applications in reading and language arts that have been entered in the ERIC database. (CRH)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Language Arts
Peer reviewedAuten, Anne – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reports on programs and activities designed to teach thinking skills either as a separate school subject or as a strand in a content area. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
