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Tuckwiller, Elizabeth D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the response of kindergarten students at-risk for reading failure to a two-tiered vocabulary intervention delivered in the context of a shared storybook reading activity employing rich and robust vocabulary instruction. Rich vocabulary instruction is defined as explicit vocabulary instruction in which…
Descriptors: Research Design, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods
Virginia State Reading Association. – 1974
This issue of "Reading in Virginia" is intended to provide educators with information on topics related to reading instruction. The contents include: "Look, Move, Read," which discusses a reading and perceptual motor efficiency program designed to correct reading difficulties; "Teaching Reading in Virginia: Some…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading, Reading Improvement
Catoe, Elizabeth Anne – 1992
A study was conducted to determine ways in which student learning styles could be accommodated in a whole language classroom. The Reading Style Inventory (RSI) developed by Marie Carbo which follows the Dunn model of learning styles was chosen for the study. The RSI was administered to 10 students in 2 second/third combination grade whole language…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Grade 2, Grade 3, Primary Education
Pemberton, J. Lee, III, Ed.; Gibbons, Robert D., Ed. – Reading in Virginia, 1977
The 15 articles in this issue of "Reading in Virginia" focus on various aspects of reading instruction. Topics of the articles are an analysis of American Indian dialect and its implications for the reading curriculum, community involvement, 13 basic words, kinesics and reading, a psycholinguistic perspective of reading problems, how…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation, Nonstandard Dialects
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Fowler, Dottie; Parker, Emelie; Cuda, Suzanne – Teaching and Change, 1999
Three highly acclaimed teachers from Virginia elementary schools reflect on how they have put research into practice to the benefit of their students, discussing their experiences in teaching reading and presenting information on how their school encourages the type of professional-development activities that provide for the careful examination of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1976
Prepared as part of a comprehensive study of reading in Virginia, this report contains the findings of 18 research studies. After a discussion of the findings, several recommendations are presented. Among these recommendations are: students in English as a second language programs should be placed with peer groups rather than according to English…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Needs Assessment
Granfield, Michelle L.; Smith, Christy L. – 1995
A study focused on involving parents in a reading workshop to teach parents strategies used in their child's classroom. Subjects consisted of 11 parents (who were already highly involved in their child's classroom) of first-grade children from an affluent elementary school in central Virginia who agreed to participate in the workshop. Parents…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Elementary Education. – 1976
Prepared as part of a comprehensive study of reading in Virginia, this report contains data gathered in a survey of elementary and secondary reading teachers and specialists and adult basic education teachers to determine teacher needs in that state. The report provides an analysis of the responses to the 72-item questionnaire used in the survey…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment