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Bhakta, Preetha; Hackett, Richard J.; Hackett, Latha – Journal of Research in Reading, 2002
Notes that the prevalence of reading difficulty was 8.2% and it was associated with younger age, males, poverty, less-educated parents, psychiatric disturbance, school failure, poor school attendance, physical ill-health, poor motor co-ordination and impaired vocabulary and visuospatial reasoning. Supports a multifactorial causal model of reading…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Problems

Kumar, Krishna – Research in the Teaching of English, 1982
To identify and compare prominent symbols of social relationships used in children's reading materials, a sociological analysis was made of literary materials used for developing children's reading in grades four, five, and six in India and Canada. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units. Highlights include elementary student activities for art (winter holiday crafts); reading/language arts (fantasy in stories, elements of folk stories from India, writing sequels to fairy tales); science (animal symbiosis); and social…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education