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Download full textGao, Yonghong – English Language Teaching, 2009
The main task of practice teaching of English Reading is to train students' independent reading ability and good reading habits. Extra-curricular reading of English literature and English newspapers and magazines plays an active role in improving English reading ability. The principle of selecting reading materials, the scope of selection and the…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Habits, Student Teaching, Independent Reading
Humphrey, Jack W. – Indiana Reading Journal, 1997
Describes the Young Hoosier Book Award program, which is designed to promote voluntary reading. Notes that schools across Indiana are deeply impoverished in terms of literacy resources for students and that school libraries are chronically underfunded and are in dire straits. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Library Collections, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedGreene, Beth G. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1990
Provides a nine-item annotated bibliography of material from the ERIC database focusing on independent reading and its importance in elementary secondary education. (MG)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Reading, Library Role
CARTER, HOMER L.J.; MCGINNIS, DOROTHY J. – 1967
THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES FOR CONDUCTING COLLEGE-ADULT READING PROGRAMS WERE IMPLEMENTED IN THE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY READING PROGRAM--(1) THE TEACHER MUST STIMULATE, INFORM, AND GUIDE, (2) EVERY STUDENT SHOULD KNOW HIS OWN READING ABILITY AND SELECT FOR HIMSELF THE READING SKILLS HE NEEDS, (3) THE STUDENT SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT HE CAN…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Content Area Reading, Functional Reading, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedCooter, Robert B., Jr.; Mills-House, Earlene; Marrin, Peggy; Mathews, Barbara A.; Campbell, Sylvia; Baker, Tina – Reading Teacher, 1999
Outlines a major literacy initiative for urban children taking place in the Dallas, Texas Public Schools. Describes several different programs at the school district level aimed at family and community outreach, in order to create a literacy-education support system with primary care givers in the homes. (SR)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedAnderson, Richard C.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1988
Investigates the relationship of out-of-school activities to reading achievement. Finds a wide variation between children in amount of out-of-school reading. Concludes that reading books was the out-of-school activity that had the strongest association with reading proficiency, but that on most days most subjects did little or no book reading. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Independent Reading, Reading Achievement
Ingham, Jennie – 1982
The Bradford Book Flood--an experiment in which large numbers of additional books were made available to middle school children in England to see whether easy access to books improved reading skills and developed a taste for reading--is detailed in this book. The first chapter discusses the purpose and methodology of the experiment, while the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Reading, Middle Schools
Everett, Irene – 1987
A preliminary study investigated whether regular periods of sustained silent reading (SSR) would positively affect verified silent reading comprehension scores for eighth grade students. The hypothesis tested was that students allowed 15 minutes of recreational reading (reading self selected material for enjoyment) five times a week for three…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 8
