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Morris, Gregory A. – Reading Soc Setting, 1967
Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).
Descriptors: Advantaged, Comprehension, Creative Reading, Critical Reading
Peer reviewedFredericks, Anthony D. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Offers eight activities designed to promote positive reading attitudes in elementary school students. (FL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedWendelin, Karla Hawkins; And Others – Language Arts, 1981
Summarizes a study that investigated teachers' three favorite books as a child and what they felt to be the three best and the three most popular children's books now. Compares the results to a similar study conducted in 1949. (HTH)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedJansson, Deborah R.; Schillereff, Theresa A. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Shows how child-centered activities, such as art, can spark reading interest with remedial readers. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedJongsma, Kathleen Stumpf – Reading Teacher, 1990
Provides three responses from reading professionals concerning a question about students who cannot relate story ideas after reading. Suggests determining the students' reading interests to help them find books which they will find more enjoyable. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fiction, Nonfiction
Ohanian, Susan – Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, 1998
Notes that emphasis on the writing process has produced books on the subject of students as authors. Discusses several recent books with that theme. Suggests that teachers can encourage kids to become writers by finding books that will "knock their socks off" instead of books that promote propaganda about writing as a process. Provides…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Elementary Education
Schryer, Lynn – 1993
This study determined which professional periodicals were being read by elementary school classroom teachers, which sections they read, and whether or not their media specialists were instrumental in providing and promoting the periodicals. One hundred sixty teachers were selected to complete a survey questionnaire; 128 completed the survey.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Literature Reviews
Campbell, Tim K. – 1990
A study examined the relationship between reading interest and achievement of male disabled readers. Subjects, 30 males aged 8 to 12 years and identified as disabled readers, were selected from a metropolitan school district in central Oklahoma. Subjects completed a reading interest questionnaire and a standardized reading test. The five subjects…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Males, Qualitative Research
Thomas, Carol H., Ed. – 1984
Intended for public and school librarians, teachers and other school personnel, and community groups working with children to promote an interest in reading, this book contains planning suggestions and activities for developing a reading program around the theme of Merlin the magician and Arthurian legend. The first portion of the book focuses on…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Legends, Medieval History
Download full textDiSibio, Robert A.; Savitz, Fred R. – 1982
Research on reading interests suggests (1) that interest leads to knowledge, which leads in turn to increased comprehension, and (2) that high interest materials are more easily comprehended than are low interest materials by virtue of the knowledge this interest has generated. The 3-D approach to classroom reading instruction and management…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
Feldmann, Shirley; Blom, Doke E. – 1981
A study explored the relationship of interest in story content, external incentives, and reading level to elementary school children's reading performance. The subjects, 75 fifth grade students who were either average or below-average readers, were asked to rate the content of five stories from "most" to "least" interesting and were then assigned…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Incentives, Intermediate Grades
Feeley, Joan T.; And Others – 1979
To update the findings of a 1971 study, a study seeking to identify the interest patterns and media preferences of fourth and fifth grade children was undertaken in 1978. The responses of 731 children to an interest inventory were subjected to separate factor analytic and analysis of variance procedures. The former were used to cluster…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Childhood Interests, Demography, Elementary Education
GAVER, MARY V. – 1960
THE CHARACTERISTIC ABILITIES AND ACHIEVEMENT IN READING AND OTHER RELATED SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HAD ACCESS TO CENTRALIZED LIBRARY SERVICES WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO DID NOT. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM SIX SCHOOLS WITH VARYING SCHOOL LIBRARY PROVISIONS WHICH INCLUDED EXAMPLES OF--(1) A CENTRALIZED SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Library Services, Library Skills
Snow, Nancy Hill – 1978
Oral interpretation students from North Carolina State University (NCSU) have been involved in an innovative reading program with more than 6,000 elementary school children in the area. Reading teams from the university travel to schools to present readings to fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students as part of a program which was started in the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Higher Education
O'Hara, Kathryn – 1973
A study was made to determine which books children borrowed, how many of these were quality literature, and what interests were revealed. This was accomplished by noting all books checked out during a two-month period in one elementary school library, and by designating as quality literature those books listed in the "Children's Catalog." Analysis…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elective Reading, Elementary Education
