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Olszewski, Arnold; Cullen-Conway, Margaret – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2021
Dialogic reading, in which parents engage children in discussion of books, is associated with long-term literacy success. Social media is an emerging platform for promoting behavioral change, but it has yet to be tested as a platform for engaging parents in use of dialogic reading strategies with their young children. This exploratory study was…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Social Media, Preschool Children
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Kosanovich, Marcia; Lee, Laurie; Foorman, Barbara – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2021
Recent efforts to motivate parents' involvement in their child's literacy development involve informing parents about how to incorporate literacy development into daily routines. Teacher leadership and communication are critical--the more teachers encourage and assist parents and caregivers in supporting their child's literacy development, the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Teachers, Family Involvement, Reading Skills
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Voorhees, Susan – Reading Teacher, 2011
Homework is an instructional staple for most classroom teachers; however, considerable debate over the effectiveness of homework has been at the center of discussions among researchers, administrators, educators, parents, and students. Rather than continuing the battle as to whether or not homework enriches learning, it appears the more…
Descriptors: Homework, Reading Strategies, Reading Ability, Teaching Methods
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2013
In the 21st century, a deep understanding of mathematics, and the ability to apply that understanding, is more important than it has ever been. In Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS), and across the country, mathematics instruction is changing to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need for success in college and the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Secondary School Mathematics, Counties, Public Schools
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Culyer, Richard – Clearing House, 1981
Presents 19 guidelines for developing children's comprehension skills, addressed to elementary teachers and to parents of preschoolers (53 references). (SJL)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Parent Role, Preschool Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of a six-months school entrance age difference on reading, mathematics, and language achievement in primary school children; (2) relationships…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Dietetics, Doctoral Dissertations
Strom, Robert D. – Elem Sch J, 1970
Explains how a teaching strategy using toys can develop verbal skills in young children. (DR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension, Creativity, Educational Resources
Hodapp, Joan B.; Hodapp, Albert F. – 1996
This paper discusses two reading comprehension strategies for teachers to incorporate into their teaching methods. The paper reviews research and suggests techniques to support these strategies, vocabulary packs and cued spelling. Vocabulary packs, an effective strategy to increase reading comprehension, allow students to work independently on…
Descriptors: Cues, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Role
Patton, Susannah, Ed.; Holmes, Madelyn, Ed. – 1998
This book presents essays that offer a guide to understanding the elements necessary to bring good reading instruction to all children. It includes a list of follow-up actions accompanying each essay to assist administrators, teachers, and parents in applying this knowledge to their own instructional objectives. Essays in the book are: (1)…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies
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Robins, J. A. – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1986
Presents guidelines for making individual cassette recordings for student homework from tape masters accompanying foreign language texts. Strategies for using and supplementing curricular material are also discussed. (LMO)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiotape Cassettes, Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities
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Topping, Keith – Reading, 1986
Describes and evaluates several methods for teaching reading that can involve the parent in the child's reading development. Concludes that a program involving paired reading in its purest form is the best method. (SRT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Corrective Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Osborn, Jean – Curriculum Review, 1986
Discusses recent reading research on strategies used by good readers; discusses National Academy of Education Commission on Reading's description of essential characteristics of good readers and recommendations from its report, "Becoming a Nation of Readers"; describes types of direct instruction for teaching reading strategies; and…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources, Literature Reviews
Jacquette, Barbara, Ed. – 1979
The ten articles in this yearbook were drawn from Arizona State University's Annual Reading Conference. The first two articles present different perspectives on current research in the teaching of reading comprehension, the third offers a systematic plan for teaching comprehension to remedial readers, and a fourth looks at reading as a tool for…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 40 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of oral reading of literature by teachers on reading attitudes of fourth grade students; (2) two instructional programs for teaching first grade…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basal Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education