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Vellutino, Frank R.; Connolly, Christopher – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Inner City, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Evaluation
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Stewart, Oran; Green, Dan S. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Discusses test-taking skills and their application to tests of reading achievement. Presents a rationale for teaching these skills, lists a comprehensive set of skills relevant to standardized reading tests, and offers suggestions for teaching the skills and helping children use them. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Tests
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Blair, Susan M.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1980
Consists of practical classroom techniques. Topics covered are: (1) reading/studies skills techniques for college freshmen, (2) teaching main ideas, (3) a team approach to content area reading, (4) readers theatre, (5) survival skills, (6) passage dependence tests, (7) leisure reading, and (8) using music in informal diagnosis and motivation. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Higher Education
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Parke, Carol S.; Lane, Suzanne; Stone, Clement A. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) and the Maryland Learning Outcomes (MLOs) in a number of areas including teacher, principal, and student beliefs, classroom practices, and student learning in reading and writing. A statewide sample of 90 elementary and middle…
Descriptors: State Programs, Writing Evaluation, Reading Tests, High Stakes Tests
Morris, Darrell – 1986
In accordance with current recommendations concerning teaching reading to kindergarten children, this paper presents a kindergarten reading curriculum. Included are a description of major instructional techniques, a time-line illustrating how instruction might evolve across the school year, and finally, a battery of informal tasks for assessing…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Kindergarten, Language Experience Approach
McKenna, Michael C., Comp.; Robinson, Richard D., Comp. – 1980
The aim of this bibliography is to provide a reference on the cloze procedure that will be useful to both the practitioner and the researcher. The selection of material was made on the basis of the following criteria: the importance of the source as a contribution to cloze research; the extent and usefulness of the source's bibliography as a guide…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension
Harker, W. John, Ed. – 1977
This volume is intended for secondary content area classroom teachers. The booklet is made up of selected portions of articles from periodical literature dealing with secondary reading. These articles meet the practical requirements of content area teachers who want to teach reading but who are unsure of where to begin and what to do. The five…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Individualized Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Allen, Virginia F.; And Others – 1974
This monograph is composed of two papers, one which discusses a study undertaken to examine standardized reading tests in relation to pupils' performance and another which contains samples of materials that could be made available to parents by their children's teachers or by community leaders. The research project analyzed the scores of 61…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 7, Parent Participation, Reading
Robinson, Richard D., Comp. – 1972
The aim of this bibliography is to provide a reference on the cloze procedure for the practitioner and the researcher. The selection of material was done on the basis of (1) the importance of the source as a contribution to cloze research, (2) the extent and the usefulness of the source's bibliography as a guide to related research, (3) the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Readability, Reading Ability
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Goodman, Yetta – English Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Language, Reading
Wong, Bernice Y. L. – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1986
Successful instructional strategies for enhancing the reading comprehension and comprehension test performance of learning disabled students are described. Students are taught to self-monitor their comprehension of expository materials and stories through recognition and analysis of recurrent elements and problem passages, content summarization,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Learning Disabilities, Questioning Techniques
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Ahrendt, Kenneth M. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Attendance, Homework, Program Descriptions
Al-Tamimi, Yaser; Rabab'ah, Ghaleb – Online Submission, 2007
This study investigates the effect of phonological awareness instruction on the development of word-reading ability for EFL first-graders in a Jordanian state school. Based on Chard and Dickson's (1999) phonological awareness hierarchy, a phonological awareness training program was developed by the researchers, and used in training the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, English (Second Language)
Groff, Charlotte – 1983
Alternatives to traditional testing techniques are proposed for use in the adult English as a second language classroom. It is argued that traditional testing does not place responsibility for achievement on the learner as is appropriate with adult students. The suggested alternative methods are: the language experience approach, sustained silent…
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Experience Approach
Olshtain, Elite – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1975
The text for an intensive reading program should be interesting, introduce vocabulary and contain special comprehension activities. This paper discusses a teacher's introduction of such a text, its reading in class, and subsequent question and answer sessions. (Available from English Inspectorate, Ministry of Education and Culture, P. O. Box 292,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Reading Instruction
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