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Download full textOffice of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Right to Read Program. – 1974
This brochure prepared by the National Right-to-Read Effort of the United States Office of Education suggests ways for individuals, organizations, and communities to assist in the solution of the nation's reading problems. The contents include: "Planning Steps," which reviews sources of information such as schools, libraries, service…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Organizations (Groups), Reading, Reading Development
Holloway, Ruth Love – 1974
The contents of this Right to Read report for the fiscal year 1974 include: "Preface"; "Right to Read--Its Purposes and Goals," which briefly discusses the organization, the major goals, agencies, and programs, and interrelated services or branches of the Right to Read effort; "State Education Agencies," which looks…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading, Reading Development
Peer reviewedRental, Victor M.; Zidonis, Frank J. – Theory Into Practice, 1975
The purpose of this article is to depict reading as a dimension of language and present the implications of this relationship for teaching, and to explore the functions reading serves in promoting both conceptual and personal growth. (RC)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement
New England Consortium for the Right to Read, Kingston, RI. – 1975
The seven papers in this booklet include "Continuous Progress in Reading," which discusses managing continuing progress programs, clarifies the rationale underlying continuous progress programs, outlines a developmental checklist of objectives, and offers suggestions for arranging for continuous assessment of progress and providing for…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement
SMITH, HENRY P. – 1967
A PHILOSOPHY OF READING IS PRESENTED WHICH CONSIDERS THE COMPONENTS OF THE READING ACT, THE PURPOSES OF READING, AND THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNIQUES THAT PROMISE GREATER READER GROWTH. A PHILOSOPHY OF READING IS CONCERNED WITH THE NATURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, A PHILOSOPHY OF READING MUST…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Philosophy, Middle Class Standards, Philosophy
Bristol Community Coll., Fall River, MA. – 1974
This document lists several prerequisites required for reading, especially those that relate to English as a Second Language students. The prerequisites listed include; the concept of print, which discusses the importance of a student being aware that printed material conveys thought through words which are at least similar, if not identical to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Development
Cheuvront, Robert F.; Hennes, James D. – 1975
This Colorado Department of Education final report describes the reading program efforts aimed at increasing the reading skills of students who were behind in reading achievement. "Summary and Recommendations" summarizes the results for the 1972-73 program. "Introduction" discusses the purpose and the plan, appropriation of…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
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This paper provides a definition of the characteristics necessary for a quality reading program in a Right to Read local education agency. Against these criteria the Right to Read Advisory Council of the local education agency may evaluate its current program. Through a comparison of current practices with what should be, existing strengths may be…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Curriculum Development, Reading, Reading Achievement
Atlanta Public Schools, GA. – 1974
This brochure and research-and-development review describe three elementary schools in the Atlanta School System which were involved in the Right to Read project. Discussed are the assumptions on which the local program was based; the design for a six pronged approach to achievement in the three schools, including school tone, teaching style,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Development
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
The nineteen project descriptions in this report were supplied by Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title II coordinators and reading and media specialists in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the state departments of education of Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio. They range from a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Development
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
This pamphlet is the thirteenth in a series of reports which describe reading projects funded under Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Information about the 19 projects summarized in this issue was supplied by ESEA Title II coordinators and reading and media specialists in state departments of education in Alaska,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Development
McClintick, Otto F. – 1971
A beginning reading alphabet identified as the Simplified Signalling System was developed in this study for the teaching of reading. The system consisted of (1) key symbols and augmentations used in the introduction for beginning and remedial readers and (2) transliteration of sample materials suggested for use by beginning and remedial readers.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement
Larrick, Nancy – 1975
This book is intended for parents who wish to help their children improve their reading skills. "How You Can Help Day In and Day Out" discusses the influence of the parents, children on television, oral language in early childhood, poetry, building on the child's interests, beginning to read, and independence in the third and fourth grades. "How…
Descriptors: Guides, Language Acquisition, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Veatch, Jeanette – 1971
In this paper, Piagetian stages are discussed in relation to the internalization of key vocabulary words by children. Research studies that indicate a parallel development using Sylvia Ashton-Warner's idea of key vocabulary of children are briefly discussed. The author agrees that three studies do not completely prove a hypothesis, however they…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Language Acquisition, Reading, Reading Ability
Hoosier Schoolmaster, 1974
This issue of the "Hoosier Schoolmaster of the Seventies" has as its theme "The Reading Effectiveness Program." The contents include: "Superintendent's Message," which discusses the Indiana Department of Public Instruction's commitment to improving the reading skill of Indiana citizens; "Teaching the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement
