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Download full textEldredge, J. Lloyd; Butterfield, Dennie – 1984
Because of concern about the harmful effects of placing children in low reading groups, this study tested the following "sacred cows" in reading: (1) the use of informal reading inventories for grouping children in reading instruction, (2) the homogeneous grouping practices currently utilized in most classrooms in the United States, (3)…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Pittman, Sherry I. – 1984
A study of three first grade teachers, who were interviewed and observed in the classroom setting, demonstrates a link between teachers' plans for action that they have developed over years of teaching and their routine management of students during reading. Both management and instructional goals, embedded in teacher beliefs about learning and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Corporal Punishment, Cultural Influences
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Intended for reading educators and researchers, this handbook characterizes the current state of methodology and the cumulative research-based knowledge of reading. The book's three sections cover methodological issues, basic reading processes, and instructional practices. The 25 chapters discuss the following topics: (1) reading research history,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Listening Skills
Bell, Martha J., Ed.; And Others – 1983
The articles in this collection address basic questions about college reading theory, curriculum, and assessment. Major article titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Reading Achievement," by Anthony R. Petrosky; (2) "Excerpt from 'A Proposal for Reading Stages'," by Jeanne S. Chall; (3) "Finding a Sense of Wonder in Language and Literacy," by…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Course Content, Critical Thinking
Weisberg, Paul – 1984
The development of strong reading competencies in educationally at-risk preschoolers in the Early Childhood Day Care Center (University of Alabama) was established through intensive training with a synthetic phonics approach. Subjects' reading performance was assessed on the basis of criterion-referenced tests and standardized reading tests,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disadvantaged Youth
Anders, Patricia L., Ed. – 1983
Part of a continuing series intended for use by reading professionals interested in understanding and improving the reading of adolescents, this report contains five articles dealing with a variety of subjects. Specific topics discussed in the articles are (1) readability, (2) reading deficiencies and previous English instruction of land grant…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Franklin, Elizabeth Anne – 1984
A naturalistic study of two bilingual first grade classrooms was conducted to gain an increased understanding of the cultural literacy instruction beliefs in society and to better understand the process by which literacy instruction beliefs influence the classroom. One Anglo and one Hispanic teacher working in different midwestern school systems…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Lee, Ann M.; And Others – 1974
"Project Assist," conducted in two elementary schools and one junior high school, tested the hypothesis that students in schools with trained instructional reading aides will read better than students in schools with either untrained aides or no aides. This report presents data on the project gathered during the 1973-1974 school year.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Measurement Instruments
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1978
A detailed description is provided of the variable information acquisition (IA), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the distribution of the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Pollock, John F.; Brown, Garth H. – 1980
A study investigated ways of establishing links between different methods of reading instruction, children's conceptualizations of the reading process, and children's actual reading behavior. Two instruments were used to assess the relationships between the three variables: a revised version of "The Reading Miscue Inventory" and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Children
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 23 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of bibliotherapy on children's perception of the physically disabled, (2) factors related to spelling readiness, (3) parental role in children…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliotherapy, Creative Dramatics, Disabilities
Erlich, Oded; Borich, Gary – 1976
Maintaining that the generalizability of behavioral measures has not been sufficiently established to permit conclusions about the relationship between teacher behavior and student achievement, the present research examines the generalizability of classroom interaction variables measured by the Brophy-Good Teacher-Child Dyadic Interaction System…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis, Elementary School Students, Feedback
Shick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1966
Focusing on new frontiers in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1965. Among the topics covered in the 26 papers are the following: reading in the Guatemalan environment, the use of instrumentation in reading, correlates of concentration, the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Content Area Reading
State Univ. of New York, Albany. – 1975
Information on both Regents External Degrees and the College Proficiency Examination Programs for the State of New York is presented in a single catalog. Part One on the Regents External Degrees covers general information on accreditation, degrees offered, enrollment, credit, grading, status reports and transcripts, costs, counseling, and the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration
Ferdig, Richard E.; Roehler, Laura R.; Pearson, P. David – 2002
Research has offered evidence that teacher candidates are continually frustrated by a perceived conflict between the ideas expressed in methods course and the practices they see in classrooms where they carry out their observations and practicums. The hypermedia tool Reading Classroom Explorer (RCE) was developed in response to this problem.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
