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Wigfield, Allan; Asher, Steven R. – 1983
Race and socioeconomic class differences in children's reading performance are influenced by social and motivational factors. For example, children from poverty backgrounds are more likely to attribute success to conditions outside personal control, and thus do not experience as much pride in achievement as middle class students who have learned…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Parent Influence, Peer Influence, Racial Differences
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
Perspectives on creating an integrated college curriculum are presented in four papers. In "What is 'Higher' About Higher Education?" Harlan Cleveland suggests that colleges and universities should promote a global view and understanding of problems on society and international interdependence and should develop the capacity to analyze…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Freshmen, Core Curriculum, General Education

Barone, Diane; Lovell, Jonathan – Language Arts, 1987
Describes the reading and writing progress of one second-grade student. He moved from writing impersonal narratives to personal tales in which he created a role/self image, and he learned to see himself in literature. Eventually he learned to write to a specific audience as well. (SKC)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 2, Individual Differences, Literature Appreciation

Donahue, Patricia; Quandahl, Ellen – College English, 1987
Discusses the use of psychoanalytic techniques to probe written works for their inherent biases of interpretation. Uses the authors' experience of teaching basic writers to analyze Freud's "Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria," in order to expose Freud's biases in interpreting Dora's experiences. (JC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bias, Case Studies, College English

Foster, Karen – Journal of Reading, 1987
Reviews a secondary school version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) that focuses on two of the primary language skills: listening and reading. Subtest includes a variety of tasks measuring semantic, syntactic, and higher-level reading comprehension abilities. (NKA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests
Schmidt, Eunice; Yates, Carolyn – Australian Journal of Reading, 1985
Documents how a preschool child learns to read. Identifies what teachers need to know if they are to continue the reader's own discoveries and delight in language. (EL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Skills

Mather, Peter W.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1985
Examines the changes made in the Nelson Reading Skills Test, Forms 3 and 4, noting that the authors of the revised test have strengthened the test by requiring students to define words in context and by adding sections related to phonic skills, word parts, and reading rate. (HOD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate
Zelan, Karen – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
The kinds of meaning that children find in reading are discussed. When teaching young children to read, it is very important that teachers be aware of and take into consideration the child's viewpoint (RM)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Developmental Stages, Educational Needs
Harper, Kay A.; Decker, Douglas L. – Journal of the Virginia College Reading Educators, 1984
Describes several storytelling activities that allow children to develop their speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition, Language Usage

Liskin-Gasparro, Judith E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1984
Discusses Michael Canale's paper, "Considerations in the Testing of Reading and Listening Proficiency," focusing on the third section, "Suggestions for improvements in receptive language testing." Considers such areas as: (1) level descriptions for academic use, (2) item and item types, and (3) validation. (SED)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
Scottish Executive Education Dept., Edinburgh. – 2002
Improving literacy skills is fundamental to providing all children with the best possible opportunities to become successful and self-fulfilled at school, at work, and in the community. Developing the skills of reading and writing helps children to achieve and communicate a greater understanding of the subjects within the school curriculum. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Denton, David R. – 2001
This paper suggests that since neither grade retention nor social promotion work, there must be an alternative between these two extremes. Successful efforts to end these practices should: identify student problems as early as possible; intervene as soon as problems are identified; design the extra help around each student's needs; and have strong…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education

Kozol, Jonathan – Journal of Experiential Education, 1982
Describes utilizing secondary students and college undergraduates of the United States to teach illiterate adults to read by returning their stories (oral history) to them in writing allowing literacy lessons on subjects known to the adult. (ERB)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Experiential Learning

Lado, Robert – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1981
The thesis of the article is that learning to read developmentally through the native language at the critical reading age can turn the reading handicap of Hispanic and other bilingual children into the asset of literacy in two languages. (Author/NQA)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Hispanic Americans

Language Arts, 1983
Presents a policy statement by the National Council of Teachers of English that identifies the ways in which the study of English contributes to the knowledge, understanding, and skills of those who will make up the society of the future. (HTH)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education