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White, Nancy – 1989
A study investigated various developmental relationships between the attitudes of students toward reading and their reading achievement, with the intention of providing additional information concerning attitudes and attitude testing within school programs. Subjects, 876 students in grades 1 through 8 from a white, middle-class rural community,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Reading Achievement
PDF pending restorationCedar Rapids Community School District, IA. – 1996
Developed by students at Harrison Elementary, Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a web site celebrating Iowa's sesquicentennial, this booklet presents a variety of material about literacy in Iowa. The first section of the booklet provides information on professional and state organizations dealing with literacy and presents the school's home page. The next…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature
Poock, Melanie M. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Describes Accelerated Reader (AR), a computer software program that promotes reading; discusses AR hardware requirements; explains how it is used for book selection and testing in schools; assesses the program's strengths and weaknesses; and describes how Grant and Madison Elementary Schools (Muscatine, Iowa) have used the program effectively.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAndre, Thomas; Whigham, Myrna; Chambers, Sharon; Hendrickson, Amy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Reports the results of a survey of the attitudes and beliefs of elementary school students and their parents in Iowa. Finds that attitudinal differences toward physical science begin to develop by the earliest elementary school years. Contains 67 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics Education, Parent Attitudes
