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Krashen, Stephen – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
Contrary to the claims of members of the National Reading Panel, there is strong evidence supporting the practice of in-school free reading. Many studies show "no difference" between in-school free reading and traditional instruction, but there are very few negative studies, and many positive studies. (The author's scorecard has 24 positive and…
Descriptors: Sustained Silent Reading, Silent Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Research
Download full textBaghban, Marcia – 1995
Three famous writers--Eudora Welty, Madeleine L'Engle, and Jack London--used their silent reading experiences to survive not only their childhoods, but also to become adult chroniclers of human lives. Pulitzer-prize winning author Eudora Welty credits an extended period of silent reading when she was 7 years old (and home from school for nearly a…
Descriptors: Authors, Childhood Interests, Early Experience, Elementary Education
Ediger, Marlow – 2002
This paper discusses the importance of reading aloud to students. It emphasizes the teacher's need to plan carefully when to read and what books to read. The paper suggests the following ideas should guide a teacher's choice of reading material: whether the story will capture students' attention; whether the story will increase students'…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Habits
Ediger, Marlow – 2001
The school library is very important in developing a quality reading program. The library books and other reading materials need to be varied and on various levels of reading complexity so that students can read meaningfully without facing failure in word recognition and comprehension of ideas. This paper discusses school libraries and their…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Sanacore, Joseph – 1989
Social studies teachers must take a role in promoting long-term literacy as part of schoolwide efforts in all subject areas to motivate students' independent reading. This may be accomplished by: (1) including literature as part of the instructional program, to support recurring themes in history (such as "in quest of freedom") or to…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Reading, Reader Text Relationship
Padgett, Ron – Teachers and Writers, 1990
Discusses subvocalization and other ways in which people read silently. Comments on authorial voice and offers ways to experiment with creative reading aloud. Notes how the proliferation of advertising, the media "explosion," and the influence of modernism in literature has changed the fundamental sense of what reading is and how to do…
Descriptors: Inner Speech (Subvocal), Listening Skills, Oral Reading, Reading Aloud to Others
