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Download full textHaussler, Myna M.; Goodman, Yetta M. – 1984
Intended for parents, as well as school administrators, policymakers, and teachers, this digest discusses resources available for developing children's early literacy. The digest first discusses research indicating the role of parents in early reading experience, then discusses, in general terms, sources for literacy materials for parents,…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment
Feeley, Joan T. – 1983
A study investigated the book handling and print concepts knowledge of 37 preschool children in a college day-care center. Subjects ranged in age from 2 to 5 years. As part of their normal day, the subjects were taken aside and a story was read to them. They were then asked questions about the physical make-up of the book, rules and concepts of…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes
Blass, Rosanne J.; Jurenka, Nancy E. Allen – 1987
A study examined the extent to which third and fourth grade classroom teachers utilized commonly recommended practices for the use of children's literature. A 39 item questionnaire was constructed and then mailed to 600 third and fourth grade classroom teachers in eight urban and suburban public school districts in Southern California and…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Independent Reading
Deffenbaugh, Sue A. – 1976
A 15-item questionnaire, completed by 93 superintendents of Connecticut schools, focused on the identification, program design, instructional strategies, and support provided for early readers, their teachers, and their parents. Responses to each item are summarized statistically, and the general patterns that emerge in each of these areas are…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Educational Strategies, Gifted
Moyle, Donald, Ed. – 1975
The 40 articles in this collection deal with issues and problems in the learning and teaching of reading and offer suggestions for future policy concerning reading. The articles cover the entire reading field, including the relationships among language, intelligence, and reading; early reading schemes; extending reading; reading difficulties,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Early Reading, Foreign Countries, Intelligence
HOPPOCK, ANNE – 1966
ARGUMENTS AGAINST FORMALIZED READING INSTRUCTION IN THE KINDERGARTEN WERE PRESENTED. AFTER PRELIMINARY COMMENTS CONCERNING THE PURPOSE AND PLAN OF THE CONFERENCE, THE NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD STANDARDS FOR KINDERGARTENS WERE DISCUSSED IN LIGHT OF THEIR CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION. THE CASE AGAINST MAKING READING INSTRUCTION A…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Early Reading, Kindergarten
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of this conference panel was to identify, develop, and compare means by which children's motivation to learn basic reading skills may be strengthened and maintained. In this panel report, four approaches to the problem are offered in the following areas: sociocultural influences which help to determine individual differences in the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conference Reports, Early Reading, Individual Differences
Smith, Nila Banton – 1974
This paper discusses some of the larger trends in present day American society and education, indicates how these trends are affecting reading, and points out some possible directions for future development. The trends discussed include "Sex Equality," which discusses sexism in basal tests, male teachers of reading, and the greater number of boys…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Reading, Educational Change, Nonstandard Dialects
Peer reviewedRaver, Sharon A.; Dwyer, Robert C. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Shows that mentally handicapped preschool children can learn to read words when word cards become tools for communicating their wishes. Indicates also that language skills improve and that these transfer to other situations. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
Peer reviewedDowhower, Sara Lynn – Reading Research Quarterly, 1987
Investigates the effect of two repeated reading procedures on second grade transitional readers' oral reading performance with practiced and unpracticed passages. Found that reading rate, accuracy, comprehension and prosodic reading were significantly improved by repeated reading practice, regardless of training procedure employed. (SKC)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 2
Chall, Jeanne S. – Principal, 1987
Provides answers to five important questions in reading instruction; outlines stages in reading development, including "stage 0" (birth to age six)--the "prereading" stage; and points to evidence from research and practice supporting a developmental view in reading instruction. (MD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Educational Development
Peer reviewedZucchermaglio, Cristina; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1986
Concludes that, at the beginning of their school careers, children are quite different as far as reading and writing are concerned, and that there are certain universal prerequisites to reading and writing that may be termed "metalinguistic skills." (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
Peer reviewedWeintraub, Samuel; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Reviews research related to the teaching of reading at various grade levels and for various purposes. (VJ)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Early Reading
Peer reviewedYaden, David B., Jr.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1989
Reports a longitudinal case study of preschoolers' unprompted questions during story reading with their parents. Reports that children ask more questions about pictures and story meaning than about word meaning and graphic forms. Concludes that home reading may affect comprehension more than print awareness. (RS/JAD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedPontecorvo, Clotilde; Zucchermaglio, Cristina – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1989
Examines beginning readers' story dictation processes and products over a 16-month period. Investigates level of story structure, conventional expressions, internal responses, spatial-temporal setting, verb tenses, variety of tenses, connectives, anaphora, and dictation process adapting to a scribe. Finds overall development in ability to…
Descriptors: Dictation, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
