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Kroeger, Karen R. – 1989
A practicum was conducted to determine the effectiveness of parental reinforcement at home of the reading skills taught at school. Parents of first grade Chapter 1 students, participated for a 10-week period with the first week devoted to training parents to use the materials and the paired-reading concept. Scores on the reading assessment test…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Grade 1, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Giddings, Louise R. – 1986
A study investigated how pre-college students enrolled in a summer remedial reading program felt about reading. Subjects, 170 students recently accepted for admission to a large urban university system, were asked their views on (1) reading, (2) school and education, (3) reading instruction, (4) difficulty and enjoyment of reading, and (5) reading…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Lancy, David F.; Hayes, Bernard L. – 1986
A study determined whether students with an average interest in reading would become more interested in reading if they used interactive fiction computer games involving a quest or solving a problem in conjunction with required reading. Eight students in grades five through eight participated in a workshop that met 3 hours a day, 4 days a week,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Voorhees, Roxy – 1982
Designed to help elementary teachers motivate students to read, this illustrated booklet presents a store of classroom ideas that promote and enrich reading. Materials presented include (1) instructions for making a "bookworm" bookmark for each student; (2) various animated bulletin board games intended to accompany the reading process and to help…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Games
Barton, Bob – 1986
Recognizing that exposure to storytelling and reading aloud enhance children's language skills and their enjoyment of literature, this book provides a rationale and suggestions for storytelling and reading aloud both in and beyond the classroom. The first chapter explores various nursery rhymes from around the world, and how this oral tradition…
Descriptors: Characterization, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Literature Appreciation
Kimmins, Elizabeth J. – 1986
A study investigated whether the reading preferences of emotionally disturbed boys were the same as the interests of boys in the general population. Subjects, 25 boys from a private residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed boys, were interviewed individually, completed a reading interest survey, and selected titles of books they…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1987
This paper presents a history of Danish studies in reader response research, including the addition of questionnaires to the research. The paper describes nine studies in reader response research, including information on their stages, persons responsible, supporters, funding institutions, internal reports, and publications. Five additional…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Fairy Tales, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
Carroll, Jeffrey – 1988
Employing a body of texts for the reading and study of literature in the English classroom leads to much argumentation, with much disagreement about what is fair game for the writing student. To help determine which texts to select it is necessary to define cultural literacy in a different way from that of E. D. Hirsch. Hirsch would prescribe…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Higher Education, Literature
Seufert, Darlene – 1988
This 34-item annotated bibliography examines the literature concerning language experience in the following areas: (1) the rationale for incorporating language arts in the primary classroom; (2) whether using language experience aids the child in developing reading strategies; (3) the achievement scores of children using language experience; (4)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Language Arts, Language Experience Approach, Oral Language
Decker, Barbara Cooper – 1985
Aliteracy, the ability to read but the unwillingness to do so, is a growing problem in American society. Aliteracy crosses all socioeconomic levels, thereby allowing autocratic, charismatic leaders to influence thinking and decision-making. Social changes that have contributed to the problem of aliteracy include the influence of television on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ramey, Alan – 1982
To determine if college and university reading clinics assess students' attitudes toward reading and to discover the methods used in such assessments, questionnaires were sent to the directors of 110 reading clinics. Analysis of the data gathered from the 55 respondents revealed that a majority did assess reading attitudes and that most used…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Reading Attitudes
Lovelace, Terry – 1979
A study investigated the effects of selected psychophysiological factors known to affect cognitive functioning on the reading achievement of older adults. The subjects, 34 noninstitutionalized adults ranging in age from 50 to 88 years, completed measures of (1) self-reported mental and physical health, (2) nonverbal intelligence, (3) reading…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Functional Reading, Health, Measurement Techniques
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1983
The Success in Reading and Writing Program (Success) developed by Anne Adams incorporates ideas from many approaches to reading instruction. It uses newspapers, magazines, library books, content area textbooks, catalogs, and other reading materials; it requires an instructional period that is divided into four or five units of one-half hour each;…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Integrated Activities, Program Content
Paris, Scott G. – 1984
The development and evaluation of Informed Strategies for Learning (ISL), an experimental curriculum to enhance children's reading comprehension, are described in this report. The report opens with a summary of the project, in which 20 modules--each focusing on a different strategy--were designed and 60 lesson plans were developed. This section…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Starkey, Roberta; Starkey, John – 1981
A study was conducted to determine some differences between third grade children who were reading up to expected levels and those who were reading below expectancy as determined by the Spache formula. Subjects were 210 students reading at or above expectancy and 147 students reading below expectancy. In private interviews, each student was asked a…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Family Influence, Grade 3
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