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Peer reviewedMiller, Larry; DeJean, Jillian; Miller, Rebecca – Journal of Research in Reading, 2000
Describes one aspect of a year-long study of primary level teacher's and children's use of the language arts component of SuccessMaker, an Integrated Learning System (ILS). Documents areas where the curricula embedded in the ILS were congruent with teacher's normal curricula and pedagogical practices. Raises issues about the appropriate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design, Integrated Learning Systems, Literacy
Download full textMills, Heidi; And Others – 1992
Addressing the issues of how phonics is handled in whole language classrooms and the role that phonics plays in reading and learning to read, the content of this book is rooted in the language stories and literacy lessons of teachers' observations of at-risk children learning to read. The book begins with an introduction to one whole language…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedFowler, Dorothy. – Educational Leadership, 1998
A first-grade teacher explains how she uses the whole-part-whole reading model with 15 youngsters. Rereading allows students to practice recently learned skills and strategies, while developing fluency and comprehension. Other exercises include reading aloud in pairs, deciphering the daily schedule, discussions of syllable and sound similarities,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Practices, Grade 1, Phonics
Atterman, Jennifer S. – 1997
The single most important task facing elementary school teachers today is teaching students to read by the end of third grade. Learning to read in those formative years is essential to develop the higher order thinking skills demanded in the older grades, when students are reading to learn. Beginning readers must be engaged in highly purposeful…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Letters (Alphabet), Literacy, Phonics
Mackintosh, Helen K.; Guilfoile, Elizabeth – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
Published originally in 1952, the bulletin "How Children Learn to Read" was the first in a series designed to illustrate the philosophy and principles set forth in The Place of Subjects in the Curriculum, Bulletin 1949, No. 12. It was planned to describe as simply as possible, especially for inexperienced teachers and for parents, the process of…
Descriptors: Teachers, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Learning Processes
Binkley, Marilyn R.; And Others – 1986
Drawing upon those aspects of "Becoming a Nation of Readers" directly relevant to classroom teachers, this booklet suggests ideas for classroom practices, based on research, that will improve students' reading achievement. The booklet is organized around five instructional themes: defining reading, reading readiness, beginning reading,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Educational Improvement, Educational Philosophy
