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Bell, T. H. – 1974
Title VII of the Cooperative Research Act, now the Education Amendments of 1974, makes it possible for preschool age children to get started on basic reading skills early enough that they won't still be reading at the third-grade level when they enter high school. It also assures elementary students that their reading instruction won't be…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Federal Aid
Payne, Kimberly Michelle – 1989
A supplemental reading program designed to increase basic reading vocabulary was implemented as a practicum project with first-grade students demonstrating deficiencies in reading. The students were assigned to teams (organized according to alphabetized lists of topics generated by the students) to write, illustrate, and read books cooperatively…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Grade 1, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition
LEVIN, HARRY – 1966
A NEW CURRICULUM OF CODING GAMES WAS DEVELOPED FOR BEGINNING READERS. THE CURRICULUM'S CONTENT EMPHASIZED TEACHING THE CHILD TO DECODE LETTERS INTO SOUNDS THAT REPRESENT LANGUAGE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO SHOW THE CHILD THE REASONABLENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WRITING AND SPEECH. THE CODING GAMES BEGAN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON LANGUAGE AND THE VARIOUS…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Beginning Reading, Codification, Curriculum Development
Levin, Harry; Mitchell, Joanne R. – 1969
Investigation and coordination of research on various aspects of the reading process were the first purposes of Project Literacy. These programs in their various stages of development have been reported in nine issues of the Project Literacy Reports which are now available from ERIC. The development of a first-grade reading program was started…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Curriculum Evaluation, Grade 1
Latham, William, Ed. – 1975
Papers presented at the tenth annual study conference of the United Kingdom Reading Association, held at Totley-Thornbridge College of Education, Sheffield, are included in this report. The conference theme centered on the proposition that learning to read is a long-term developmental process beginning in preschool life and language experience and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
Black, Janet K.; Puckett, Margaret – 1984
Focusing on the learning styles of young children, this position statement presents current research and information that document the need for developmentally appropriate reading experiences during the kindergarten and prekindergarten years. The paper contains the following sections: (1) a background statement, (2) current literacy research…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Theories, Kindergarten