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Rye, James – 1982
By examining the full range of uses of the cloze procedure, this book intends to help teachers use the procedure to better understand the reading behavior of their students and to assist their students in making reading progress. Chapter 1 defines the cloze procedure and discusses the similarities and differences in reading processes when using…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Readability
Anderson, Gordon S. – 1984
An approach to reading instruction based on a socio-psycholinguistic theory of the language learning process is presented in this book. Chapter 1 provides an overview of oral and written language development; identifies language processes, language systems, and cultural setting; and describes a socio-psycholinguistic model of language learning and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory
Honig, Bill – 1996
Presenting the viewpoint that teaching reading is not an "either/or" situation of phonics versus whole language, this book offers a comprehensive compilation of research and best practice on the specifics of skill development and how skills should be organized, taught, and integrated into the language arts program. The book helps…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Early Childhood Education, Intermediate Grades, Literature Reviews
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1979
The articles in this collection approach the theme "Reading in the Year of the Child" in a variety of ways. The topics covered in the 23 articles include the following: the school as a center for human development; mainstreaming across nations; mainstreaming and the learning disabled child; a Jungian perspective on reading behavior; the arts and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
Chapman, L. John – 1983
The purpose of this book is to show how teaching reading involves all teachers. The book first explains how decades of change in Britain have affected school organization, knowledge, teacher education, and the concept of reading. Chapter 2 examines an expanded concept of reading, while chapter 3 explores language development and reading, including…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cohesion (Written Composition), Conjunctions, Content Area Reading
Shafer, Robert E., Ed. – 1979
Each of the 12 articles in this book deals with an aspect of linguistics theory and its application to understanding or teaching reading. The topics covered include: defining reading in proper perspective, the relevance of applied linguistics for teachers of reading, why children should want to learn to read, dialects and reading, the features of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Black Dialects
Hoffman, James V., Ed. – 1986
Distilling and interpreting past and current research on the effective teaching of reading is the focus of this volume. The titles and authors are as follows: "Research in Effective Teaching: An Overview of Its Development" (William H. Rupley, Beth S. Wise, and John W. Logan); "Process-Product Research on Effective Teaching: A Primer for a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Effectiveness
