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| Reading World | 252 |
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| Practitioners | 47 |
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| United States | 2 |
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| Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRadencich, Marguerite C. – Reading World, 1984
Describes the amount and difficulty of the print on video game screens and discusses the educational implications of children's exposure to the games, and notes problems with their habitual use. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Influences
Peer reviewedGentile, Lance M. – Reading World, 1984
Shows reading instructors basic principles that may aid them in writing and publishing articles related to the profession. Discusses writers' block, getting started, identifying markets, submitting manuscripts, and working with editors. (FL)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teachers, Writing Apprehension
Peer reviewedRoss, Elinor P. – Reading World, 1984
Describes an activity designed to help students identify the main idea of a selection. (FL)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedEmans, Robert; Harms, Jeanne McLain – Reading World, 1973
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Patterns, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedClark, Earl D. – Reading World, 1972
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Phonology, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedRyder, Randall James – Reading World, 1981
Reviews the distinction between phonic generalizations and letter-sound correspondences and the research examining their usefulness. Discusses implications from that research regarding the teaching of letter-to-sound relationships to secondary school students. (FL)
Descriptors: Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedCleland, Craig J. – Reading World, 1981
Contends that Jean Piaget's theories may be helpful in three areas of reading instruction: (1) when reading instruction should begin and how it should proceed, (2) the effect of the mature reader's cognitive development on comprehension, and (3) how the theories can help to refine reading theory. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedThum, Carl P. – Reading World, 1980
Analyzes the literature concerning learning centers. Concludes that there are two definitions of the term, one meaning the improvement of a student's ability to learn independently, primarily through learning skills instruction and counseling, and the other meaning the individualizing of instruction and learning activities through the use of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Reading World, 1980
Discusses uncertainties in regard to the usefulness of the oral reading miscue analysis explained by P. David Allen and Dorothy J. Watson in their book "Findings of Research in Miscue Analysis: Classroom Implications." Notes that various problems of interpretation still surround the theory and workings of this procedure. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSiegel, Florence – Reading World, 1979
Suggests "Adapted Miscue Analysis" as an effective way for teachers to analyze the reading levels, comprehension, and competence of their students. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Miscue Analysis, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedRiley, James D. – Reading World, 1979
Compares and contrasts the direct teaching of reading and the functional teaching of reading in a content area and indicates that a content area focus may facilitate the learning of reading skills. (TJ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedAnderson, William W. – Reading World, 1977
Measurement of teacher effectiveness in reading pedagogy is a task that should command far greater attention than it has yet been given. (JM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedSmith, R. Kent; And Others – Reading World, 1975
Reveals that community college reading students are as knowledgeable of efficient reading techniques as the sociology students are. (RB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Reading Instruction, Reading Interests, Reading Research
Peer reviewedRauch, Sidney J. – Reading World, 1974
Cites eight factors that contribute to better inservice teacher training programs in reading, emphasizing the role of the administrator. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedMazurkiewicz, Albert J. – Reading World, 1975
Concludes that a large number of student teachers and experienced teachers at the elementary level cannot define the concepts and terms they are teaching. (RB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Education, Phonics, Preservice Teacher Education
