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Download full textBormuth, John R., Ed. – 1968
This bulletin presents four papers on how to control, manipulate, and predict the readability of printed materials. The first paper describes trends in readability brought about by research tools developed by psychologists and linguists. The second paper explores the effects of word frequency in printed materials on comprehension and concludes…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Interests
Central Arkansas Education Center, Little Rock. – 1971
This project evaluated the effectiveness of the "Flex-Ed" Reading Readiness Program with nineteen first grade students. Most of the nineteen students had scored below or near the tenth percentile of the MacMillan Readiness Test. Four behavioral objectives were written for the students in the areas of space, quantity, time, and basic…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Blanton, William E. – 1973
Since there is an increasing demand that teachers teach reading at the preschool level, this guide is designed to assist preschool teachers. The first section of the guide provides information on the following questions: When should formal reading instruction begin? How does traditional kindergarten experience affect readiness for reading? Do…
Descriptors: Books, Preschool Education, Publishing Industry, Reading Instruction
National Reading Center, Washington, DC. – 1973
This packet of reading problem exercises is designed to be used by either the tutor or the classroom teacher for the purpose of informally assessing reading proficiency in children. There are two sets of cards in this packet. Each reading skill identified has two items--one appearing in each set of cards. The reading problem-solving exercises have…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedGoodacre, Elizabeth – Reading, 1984
Reviews studies dealing with dyslexia, reading development, and reading materials and interests. (DF)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Moore, Sister Mary – Elementary English, 1972
Describes program combining language experience approach, formal readiness material, linguistic and phonetic readers, and identity" readers. (SP)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Experience Charts, Language Experience Approach, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedMcDermott, Elisabeth F. – Volta Review, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments, Parent Role, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia; Cunningham, James W. – Reading Horizons, 1982
Illustrates how it is possible for teachers to prepare children for reading without workbooks and formal texts. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedCecil, Nancy Lee – Reading Improvement, 1990
Describes how to implement the technique called "Read a Book in an Hour" with children at the critical transition stage when they are faced with longer texts and fewer illustrations. Provides a list of books appropriate for teachers who wish to use the technique with upper primary students. (KEH)
Descriptors: Novels, Primary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Direct linkDunn, Rita; Blake, Brett Elizabeth – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008
This book provides educators, parents and caretakers with a variety of instructional strategies for engaging K-8 students. These approaches are designed to enable all students to read easily and enjoyably by utilizing different styles and approaches. The techniques are not generally found in conventional classrooms, but are specifically targeted…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Young Children, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
FRY, EDWARD – 1965
A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF READING READINESS MATERIALS ARE NECESSARY IN THE FIRST GRADE REVEALS THAT THEY ARE NOT. THE EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF A SUBURBAN MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITY IN NEW JERSEY. TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED IN SEPTEMBER TO ALL PUPILS OF THE FIRST GRADE. NO READING INSTRUCTION HAD BEEN GIVEN IN KINDERGARTEN AND NO…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Instructional Materials
Eitmann, Twila – 1969
An extended readiness unit plan for beginning first graders who demonstrated a limited degree of readiness in kindergarten is provided. The unit theme is the five senses, and the following sequence of presentation is used: sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Visual-perception activities receive the most emphasis. Included in procedures for…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Reading Materials
Beach, Nancy Ann – Instructor, 1973
Provides a method for writing test stories with which can identify. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Level, Reading Materials, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedIannelli, Jane – Reading Horizons, 1971
Descriptors: Early Experience, Guidelines, Language Acquisition, Parent Role
Worsley, Ed, Ed. – 1973
This science-oriented reading readiness text is provided in two versions: English and Navajo. It consists of large black-and-white drawings of animals and insects familiar to the southwestern U.S. One picture is provided on each page, labeled with the sentence, "This is a [name of the animal]." The two booklets are identical except for…
Descriptors: Animals, Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education
