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Download full textMesa Public Schools, AZ. – 1973
This pamphlet of behavioral objectives for teachers of elementary school reading instruction was compiled by the Mesa Public School System, Mesa, Arizona. Terminal goals are stated behaviorally for prereading and readiness skills, which include comprehension, interests in letters and books, visual perception, and psychomotor awareness. Terminal…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Elementary Education
Larsen, Janet J. – 1972
This study evaluated the effect of a Head Start program on children's intelligence and reading achievement test scores over a three year period. Each of 25 Head Start children was paired with a non-Head Start child of the same reace, sex, age, socioeconomic status, date of school entrance, kindergarten experience, promotion record, and type of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Compensatory Education, Preschool Education, Reading
Sheldon, William D. – 1971
A total of 39 research studies done during the period 1967 to 1970 are included in this review. Two of these are doctoral dissertations and the others are reported in journal articles. The overall concerns are the young child and elementary school children. The reviewed studies are divided into five categories: Pre-Reading Programs and Activities,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Literature Reviews
Wilson, Susan I. – 1976
After a review of the research related to the feasibility of initiating reading instruction before first grade, kindergarten curriculum guides from l3 large cities were studied and analyzed. These analyses indicated a trend toward less postponement of reading instruction, though reading readiness still tended to be defined in terms of oral…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Guides, Early Reading, Kindergarten
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 2002
This executive summary of Georgia Reading Excellence Act Demonstration Sites (GA READS) includes the Reading Excellence overview; Georgia's plan and goals; state activities; a timeline; local activities; and a budget. The overview states that the Reading Excellence Act was authorized to carry out the following purposes: teach every child to read…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Faculty Development, Financial Support, Instructional Effectiveness
Aukerman, Louise R. – New Engl Reading Assn J, 1970
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Kindergarten Children, Language Experience Approach, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedAtkinson, Richard C.; Fletcher, John D. – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Phonics
Peer reviewedWartenberg, Herbert – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Group Discussion, Inservice Education, Parent Participation
HARRIS, ALBERT J. – 1965
A DESCRIPTION IS MADE OF AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY TO FIRST GRADE READING INSTRUCTION THE IDEA THAT CHILDREN CAN BENEFIT WHEN THE TEACHING OF READING IS ADAPTED TO THEIR COGNITIVE STYLE. PRETESTING WAS DONE TO DISCOVER THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN LEARNING APTITUDES, AND THE TEACHING PROCEDURE WAS MODIFIED TO EMPHASIZE COMPARATIVELY STRONG ABILITIES.…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Ability, Grade 1
SPACHE, GEORGE D.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS PROJECT ANALYZED A LONGITUDINAL READING PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF GROWTH IN ABILITIES, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TESTS. APPROXIMATELY 60 PUPILS FROM CONTROL AND EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES RECEIVED INTENSIVE READINESS TRAINING IN VISUAL PERCEPTION, AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION, AND LANGUAGE SKILLS. ALL WERE TESTED AT 25-MONTH INTERVALS. ANALYSES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Discrimination, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Weber, Elaine Marie – 1975
This study examined the effects of two programs which differed in the methods they employed to develop reading readiness. The two methods represented were a language experience approach and a phonics approach. The subjects were children from kindergarten classes in two elementary schools in Flint, Michigan. All subjects were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Language Experience Approach, Phonics
Wheeler, Doris; Henderson, Hannah Dale – 1976
The program outlined in this guide was developed on the theory that an important factor in determining a child's success in reading is an enriched background of prereading educational experiences (in the areas of language, motor skills, auditory and visual perception, and self-image) which can be directed at home by parents. In this program, the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Home Instruction, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1971
The fourteen Title II reading projects described in this report use resources ranging from reading readiness materials for first- and second-grade pupils identified as potential reading failures, to nineteenth century newspapers on microfilm in secondary social studies. General descriptions of techniques for using the materials in the reading…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Models
Grise, Philip J., Jr. – 1973
This thesis reviews those articles that have been published since the early 1960s in the area of perceptual-motor and sensory-motor programs which affect reading readiness in beginning readers at the kindergarten-first grade level. The contents include: "Reading: A Definition," which looks at some of the definitions proffered by authors in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Wood, Carl Waine – 1973
The purpose of this study was to evaluate three kindergarten programs, each emphasizing phoneme-grapheme relationships. Thirteen classes consisting of more than 300 kindergarten children from two sourthern Maine communities were involved in the study. The population was divided into three treatment groups. Group one received basic reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
