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Sarah Novicoff; Thomas S. Dee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
While policymakers have demonstrated considerable enthusiasm for "science of reading" initiatives, the evidence on the impact of related reforms when implemented at scale is limited. In this pre-registered, quasi-experimental study, we examine California's recent initiative to improve early literacy across the state's lowest-performing…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Block Grants, Reading Research, Reading Achievement
Smith, Blanche Hope – 1974
Teachers may find out about research studies through professional conferences, conventions and meetings, inservice teacher education courses, professional literature, and conferences with faculty members of colleges and universities. Translators of research may present the results of studies in programs for the classroom teacher. Perhaps the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Language Arts, Reading, Reading Development
Martin, Rita J.; And Others – 1981
The effects of high intensity tutorial/enrichment treatments involving language arts process development were the major research concerns of a two-summer project designed to provide preservice and inservice teacher education students with training in the development of language arts processes and in planning for instruction corresponding to a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Reading Achievement
KELLOGG, RALPH EDWARD – 1966
A FIRST-GRADE LISTENING SKILLS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO BE TAUGHT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM AND TO IMPROVE ACHIEVEMENT IN LISTENING AND READING. THE COMPONENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE EXPERIMENT ARE SPECIFIED. THIRTY-THREE CLASSROOMS IN 22 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PARTICIPATED. THE TREATMENT GROUPS WERE A…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 1, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
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Morrison, Timothy G.; Suggett-Doyle, Carol – Reading Improvement, 1992
Compares differences in achievement of below-grade-level students receiving basal reading instruction with peers in a writing-process-oriented language arts program. Finds that language arts students spent more time reading and writing, were exposed to more types of literature and writing activities, and exhibited more positive attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools
McQuagge, Daniel Temple – 1974
This study was designed to determine statistically whether the prolonged use of three prepared reading readiness activities has any influence on seventh-grade students' abilities to read unfamiliar literature; which of the readiness activities is most influential on students' abilities; and whether or not longevity of such influence exists. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education
Gross, Marshall – 1984
This program was developed and implemented to help students in the secondary school vocational area raise their reading test scores and reading comprehension through the use of the Individualized Manpower Training Systems (IMTS) lab. The program's aims were to increase the reading comprehension percentage scores on major tests and to assist the…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, High School Students, High Schools, Language Arts
Thames, Dana G.; Reeves-Kazelskis, Carolyn – 1993
The effects of an integrated language arts instructional program on reading comprehension skills of learning lab students were examined using the Analytical Reading Inventory, and their attitudes toward recreational and academic reading were assessed using the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey. Subjects were at-risk fifth and sixth grade…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Integrated Curriculum, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts
Coleman-Mitzner, Janet – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using oral story making experiences to improve the oral language proficiencies and "sense of story" of fourth grade remedial reading students through select literary experiences. These experiences included exposing the students to literature in read-aloud exercises, and using wordless…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Larson, John C.; Raber, Suzanne M. – 1986
This two-volume report on the progress of the Instructional Program in Reading/Language Arts (IPR/LA) in the Montgomery County, Maryland schools presents a brief overview of the study design, methodology, findings, recommendations, background data, and statistical analysis tables. Volume I of the report begins with an Executive Summary of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis
Ruddell, Robert B., Ed.; And Others – 1974
This collection of articles by experts in reading and in language arts contains nine sections: "Educational Change: New Trends and Directions" discusses humanizing teacher education, accountability and the school volunteer; "Instructional Implications from the Disciplines" discusses the reading process, Piaget and reading instruction, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Language Arts, Language Skills
Levine, Sally F. – 1987
Noting that elementary school teachers in a large school near a major U.S. city often had difficulty motivating non-native students and increasing their language arts abilities due to lack of information concerning the students' home environments and cultural values, this practicum examined the need to address differences in cultures and values…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Curriculum Development
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Stevens, Robert J.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1987
Describes two studies conducted to evaluate a comprehensive cooperative learning approach to elementary reading and writing instruction: Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC). Found significant effects in favor of the CIRC students on standardized measures of reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, language expression, oral…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
Judson, Arlene – 1973
Research developed and evaluated an individualized reading program for 21 third graders with reading problems. It sought to improve their reading ability so they could read and understand new vocabulary words with 80% accuracy, read with increased expression and fluency, comprehend new content and, by transfer, to produce improvement in their…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Research
Reinking, David, Ed. – 1987
Embodying two themes--that the computer can become an even more exciting instructional tool than it is today, and that the research necessary for developing the potential of this tool is already underway, this book explores the theoretical, research, and instructional issues concerning computers and reading. The titles of the essays and their…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation