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Peer reviewedWingert, Roger C. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Reading Readiness, Reading Readiness Tests
Peer reviewedAyers, Jerry B.; Mason, George E. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Kindergarten, Middle Class
Peer reviewedPikulski, John J. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Discusses the concept of "emergent literacy," contrasting this term with the concept of reading readiness. Proposes that a program of kindergarten instruction related to literacy should provide opportunities for children to interact successfully with print. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedHillerich, Robert L. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Suggests that early identification should not focus on predicting which children will fail, but should concentrate on determining which skills children need in order to be successful in reading. (JM)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedLeibert, Robert E.; Sherk, John K. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Kindergarten, Perception Tests, Primary Education
Peer reviewedKoppman, Patricia S.; La Pray, Margaret H. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Beginning Reading, Kindergarten, Maturation
Peer reviewedLesiak, Judi – Reading Teacher, 1978
Research shows that kindergarten children can and do learn to read, but many questions about early instruction remain unanswered. (MKM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Individualized Instruction, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedStanchfield, Jo M. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Experimental Programs, Kindergarten, Prereading Experience
Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedLaConte, Christine – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Kindergarten, Northern Schools, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Reading Teacher, 1987
Reports findings of a study of current practices in kindergarten programs showing that teachers seldom use test results to adapt instruction to individual needs. (FL)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedRichgels, Donald J. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Describes a program that associates phonics instruction with children's earliest reading and writing, using the ERIS method to teach sound/letter correspondences and to provide opportunities for writing and reading. (NKA)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Innovation, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedLabbo, Linda D.; Teale, William H. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Studies low-achieving fifth-grade readers to evaluate the feasibility of a cross-age reading program and to clarify implementation details for a large-scale project. Finds that quantitative results and qualitative data suggest that cross-age reading programs are a promising way to help poor readers to improve their reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cross Age Teaching, Decoding (Reading), Grade 5
