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Carbo, Marie – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Relates individual student experiences to illustrate that many poor readers are dropouts of programs requiring strongly analytic/auditory reading styles. Recommends adopting the "whole-language" approach for today's global learners. Uses research findings to outline instructional methods that match students' reading styles. (CJH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation, Phonics, Reading Failure
Peer reviewedDavis, Michael – Reading, 1990
Provides a humorous look at remedial reading strategies by proposing a method of upside-down reading for remedial reading teachers to use with poor readers. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure
Download full textWalker, Barbara J. – 1990
This monograph elaborates the interactive definition of reading and illustrates how this process, along with inappropriate instruction, can reinforce poor reading behaviors. The monograph also outlines current instructional procedures and proposes new programmatic solutions. The monograph concludes with a list of premises based on recent reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Difficulties
Ansara, Alice, Ed. – Bulletin of the Orton Society, 1979
This bulletin is published annually in the interest of children with learning disabilities, language disabilities, or dyslexia. The 22 articles discuss the following topics: current issues in dyslexia, language disorders, subgroups in dyslexia, specificity and parameters in defining dyslexia, strategies for recognition and management of reading…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Thomas, Ruth Fleming; Nagel, C. Van – 1988
A creative visualization approach to spelling and word recognition has been tried successfully with both adults and children. Unlike the traditional phonic approach to spelling, which is a left brain, analytical approach, the creative visualization approach uses the right brain. In addition, the approach eliminates the unpleasant associations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Beginning Reading, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Decoding (Reading)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 30 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of a series of lessons based on real life experiences for improving reading achievement; (2) reading achievement and the transition from letter to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education
Carbo, Marie; And Others – 1986
Designed to assist parents, classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special educators, this book describes effective reading programs that promote reading success and achievement for children at all reading levels. The 10 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) "Preventing Reading Failure and Increasing Reading Achievement through Learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
