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Peer reviewedRobinson, Richard D. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Provides selected quotations about reading from great writers of the past (MKM)
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, Lifelong Learning, Reading
Peer reviewedSmith, Lawrence L.; Joyner, C. Rosanne – Reading Horizons, 1990
Compares second grade and fifth grade students' recreational reading levels (when students self-select library books for recreation reading) in relation to independent, instructional, and frustration levels as determined with an informal reading inventory. Concludes that recreational reading levels should not be viewed as synonymous with…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 5, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedJolly, Nancy – Reading Horizons, 1978
Discusses ways in which reading can enrich adults' lives, aid in problem-solving, and provide information on many vital issues; shows how adults can develop plans for purposeful reading. (GW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Books, Consumer Education, Information Needs
Peer reviewedStorey, Dee C. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Reports that librarians in Nebraska find the Golden Sower Award program to be a positive force in influencing children's reading habits and awareness of literature. (FL)
Descriptors: Awards, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Librarians
Peer reviewedJoels, Rosie Webb; Anderson, Betty – Reading Horizons, 1983
Concludes that the usefulness of reading interest assessment is not impaired by the change in students' reading interests across a 36-week interval. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Interest Inventories, Intermediate Grades, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedHuffman, Gail M. – Reading Horizons, 1981
Presents an example of one five-year-old child's efforts to learn to read. Concludes that teachers can make learning to read easier by knowing the interests of their students and by providing them with books and other materials that stimulate those interests. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedColvin, Marilyn A.; Stetson, Elton – Reading Horizons, 1980
Describes a recreational reading program implemented at the Diagnostic Learning Center in Houston to increase home involvement and improve reading attitudes and habits of disabled readers. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Parent Participation, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedCushenbery, Donald C. – Reading Horizons, 1978
Offers practical suggestions to aid secondary teachers in achieving the goal of wide reading for all students through evaluating students' reading interests, building reading incentives, and making book reviews profitable and useful. (GW)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Interest Inventories
Peer reviewedWendelin, Karla Hawkins – Reading Horizons, 1984
Annotates eight books that can be used to supplement social studies programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Peer reviewedSallee, Ellen R.; Sethi, Renuka R. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Concludes that folklore can make a significant difference in reading achievement for primary grade students. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Folk Culture, Grade 2, Primary Education
Peer reviewedFerguson, Anne M. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Results of a study conducted to determine at what level sixth-grade children selected trade books indicated that most children selected fiction and very few children selected books at frustration level. (MKM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Fiction
Peer reviewedWilkens, Lea-Ruth C. – Reading Horizons, 1979
Describes ways that a library can be used as an integral part of a school reading program. (MKM)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Library Materials
Peer reviewedLaBonty, Jan – Reading Horizons, 1991
Reviews the research on personal and professional reading habits of teachers and education students. Examines the reading goals of 62 undergraduate and 62 graduate students in reading-related classes. Finds a need for change in developing the reading habits of education students for them to instill positive reading attitudes in children. (MG)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Higher Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedFisher, Peter J. L. – Reading Horizons, 1988
Examines the influence of teachers, age, sex, and race on the reading preferences of third, fourth, and fifth grade pupils. Concludes that the tested variables do explain differences, but that there are more similarities than differences. (RS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Peer reviewedWinzenz, Marilyn; Winzenz, David – Reading Horizons, 1988
Suggests individualized reading as a solution to the problem of varied interests and ability levels in large introductory college courses. Details how directed individualized reading followed by oral reports presented to the professor was used successfully in an introductory psychology course. (ARH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Individualized Reading, Psychology
