The Fountas and Pinnell "Leveled Literacy Intervention System" (LLI), first edition, is a textbook series designed for struggling elementary school readers. The materials have become entrenched in the nation's schools and are currently utilized as an intervention resource in all fifty states and four of the seven largest school districts…

Compulsory education in America arguably originated with Massachusetts's legislative acts of 1642, 1647, and 1648; the 1642 act compelled education of children. Best known is the colorfully named Old Deluder Satan Law of 1647, famously declaring towns with populations of 50 must hire a reading and writing teacher, and those holding 100 requiring a…

A few decades ago, Braille was on the wane. Technology was seen as likely to replace the tactile communication method, as text-to-speech readers and recorded books, for example, offered access to classroom materials. Students at special schools for the blind moved into regular classrooms, which are rich in text, but not text that is accessible to…

Students who successfully exit high school may nevertheless be unprepared for postsecondary endeavors. Some point to a lack of basic skills attained in the public schools. However, no one has systematically compared the text demands of high school with those of the postsecondary world. If there is a gap in text readability then apparent student…

Presents an annotated list of nine selected resource materials from the ERIC Information System database that were designed by classroom teachers. Maintains that these provide effective alternatives to textbooks and other commercially produced materials. (CFR)

This programed text for learning to read Thai was originally designed for students having a grounding in Thai phonology and some facility with the language, but it has been made useful for students without this background by the inclusion of a summary of Thai phonology and the use of romanization. The text is organized according to the three…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS SEPARATELY, WITH PRICE AND PUBLISHER, GREEK AND LATIN WORKS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. WHILE BILINGUAL AND INTERLINEAR TEXTS ARE OMITTED IN FAVOR OF ANNOTATED EDITIONS OF AUTHORS, THE INCLUSION OF A VOCABULARY OR OCCASIONAL TRANSLATION IS INDICATED. THE SECTIONS FOR EACH LANGUAGE ARE--(1) TEXTS OF CLASSICAL…

This monograph constitutes the first five chapters of an introductory course in physics for students who do not intend to become professional physicists. The over-all themes and ideas of physics receive the major emphasis, with little stress placed on mathematical manipulation. The style of presentation is mainly a combination of the axiomatic and…

THE DIVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION AFFIRMS THAT ADULT PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOT USE CHILD-ORIENTED MATERIALS. ASIDE FROM BEING EGO-DESTRUCTIVE, SUCH MATERIALS DO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY READING AND COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS TO THE NEEDS OF ADULTS IN AN ADULT WORLD. READING ABOUT THE WORLD OF…

THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES READING MATERIAL AT A LOW LEVEL OF READING ABILITY BUT ON SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO A SERVICEMAN, SUCH AS ARMY LIFE, THE HOME FOLKS, AND A TRIP TO WASHINGTON. EXERCISES BASED ON EVERY FEW PAGES OF THIS READER ARE PROVIDED IN "SERVICEMEN LEARN TO READ." (SM)

A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF A 1965-1966 SURVEY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED BY RUSSIAN TEACHERS IN GRADES 7 TO 12 IN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIRTEEN BASIC TEXTBOOKS, SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS, AND TEACHING AIDS ARE LISTED FOR PROGRAMS THAT RANGED IN LENGTH FROM ONE TO FOUR YEARS. COMMENTS FROM TEACHERS INDICATED THAT MOST WERE SATISFIED WITH THEIR…

Studies of three widely used Canadian reading series are summarized in regard to sex-role typing and stereotyping. A definition of such typing and stereotyping is offered. (JMF)

Provides a listing of 1,000 words of high frequency of occurrence in both voluntary and assigned reading in grades 3-9 in the United States. (MKM)

This Adult Basic Education (ABE) instructional materials guide was prepared by faculty members of Des Moines Area Community College to provide information about instructional materials in reading, language, and mathematics to teachers in ABE, General Educational Development, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. Each entry in the guide…