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Download full textTaylor, JoEllyn; And Others – 1981
Intended to enable teachers and other school staff members to implement the Responsive Reading Program, a comprehension-centered program for kindergarten to third grade children, this guide is divided into a brief introduction and five major sections. The second chapter discusses the theoretical background of the program and the skills or…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1986
To improve the reading skills of students with low academic achievement, the Children's Art Carnival (CAC) Reading Program provided 321 children in grades 2-5 with art and reading activities and assistance with behavioral and emotional problems. Analyses of pretests and posttests focused on students' academic achievement and attendance and staff…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Creative Development, Diagnostic Teaching
Winograd, Peter; Osborn, Jean – 1986
Kentucky is one of twenty-four states that rely upon a state adoption process for selecting school textbooks, a procedure that occurs every six years. Publishers' bids are solicited and evaluated by the State Textbook Commission, and the Textbook Selection Criteria Committee for Reading makes recommendations that will be of help to people…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Balajthy, Ernest – 1985
Many reading teachers, cognizant of the creative opportunities for skill development allowed by new reading-writing software, are choosing to use microcomputers in their classrooms full-time. Adventure story creation programs capitalize on reading-writing integration by allowing children, with appropriate assistance, to create their own…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Nufrio, Ronald M. – 1987
Reading programs in elementary and secondary schools are often ineffective because principals have not had adequate preparation to assume leadership roles in such programs and are therefore unable--or unwilling--to take control of the reading program. Successful reading programs are characterized by leadership, direction, and support from…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Instructional Leadership
Educational Products Information Exchange Inst., Stony Brook, NY. – 1983
A guide for teachers selecting reading textbooks, this report brings together information about basal programs on the market and clarification of important issues in reading instruction. A general analysis of 20 basal programs includes a prose explication and a table comparing contents (skills), reading selections, methodology, assessment tests,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Comprehension
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1985
This publication notes that while the elementary school student must learn to read, the secondary school student must read well to learn. With this purpose in view, this curriculum guide presents checklists that can serve as organizational tools for teachers who wish to plan meaningful reading experiences that develop skills and strategies for use…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Functional Reading, Mastery Learning
Putnam, Lynne – 1982
The second volume of this final report of a large study which detailed the day-to-day working of, and student response to, two philosophically different approaches to reading readiness as they were used in six Philadelphia kindergartens reports on the "traditional" approach. The background section distinguishes the traditional approach by its use…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Observation Techniques, Conventional Instruction, Kindergarten
Saunders, Russell W., Jr. – 1983
A modified impress approach to teaching reading has been successfully used in a program involving first grade students. The program was multisensory and included aural, oral, visual, and kinesthetic learning experiences gained through listening, group discussions, dramatic play, art activities, audience reading, and recorded oral reading. These…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Folk Culture, Grade 1, Integrated Activities
Ratekin, Ned H.; Hatcher, Catherine W. – 1977
This study examined the reading progress under different teaching approaches of 89 children with diagnosed learning disabilities. The learning-disabled children were placed either in an experimental group that received reading instruction with materials that sequenced learning in increasingly complex levels (from letter-sound to word to context…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Exceptional Child Education
Hedley, Carolyn N. – 1975
One hundred eight children in grades two to four (ages 7 to 10) whose reading level was one to two years below grade level participated in this program. The Creative Reading Program for the Children's Art Carnival funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I had as its purpose the teaching of reading and other communication…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Expression, Communication Skills
Gibbs, Vanita M., Comp.; Pabst, Robert L., Comp. – 1982
One of a series of publications on selected aspects of reading curriculum development, this monograph contains eight papers that deal with expectations in the teaching of reading. Topics covered include (1) the relationship between reading and writing, (2) changing expectations in education, (3) skills programs for remedial readers, (4) ways to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Learning Activities
Summers, Edward G., Ed.; Lukasevich, Ann, Ed. – 1978
Each of 1,067 articles selected for classification in this index were analyzed and individual annotations were written following specifically prepared guidelines. Entries are listed according to the following classification: reading in general; reviews and bibliographies; the correlates of reading, including general, intellectual,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
ROBERTS, HERMESE E. – 1961
THE LANGUAGE ARTS LABORATORY WAS ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE READING ABILITY AND OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS AS AN AID IN THE PREVENTION OF DROPOUTS. THE LABORATORY WAS OPERATED ON A SUMMER SCHEDULE WITH A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM OF FROM 45 MINUTES TO 2 1/2 HOURS DAILY. ALL PUPILS WERE 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR READING…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dropouts, Educational Media, Language Acquisition
FAY, LEO C.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL READING, GRADES 1 TO 8, WAS PREPARED BY THE STATE COMMITTEE ON READING, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. SIX MAJOR AREAS ARE DISCUSSED--(1) PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD READING PROGRAM, (2) ORGANIZING A TOTAL READING PROGRAM, (3) ORGANIZING FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, (4)…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Course Organization, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading
