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Peer reviewedBarth, Rodney J.; Swiss, Thom – Reading Teacher, 1976
Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on how television influences the reading behavior of children. (RB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews
Download full textNational Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 2000
Based directly on the findings from the National Research Council's report "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children," this guide offers a "checklist" that will help teachers and principals recognize at a glance the key characteristics of quality reading programs identified in the research. The guide does not describe any single way to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
National Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 2001
Based directly on the reports of the National Reading Panel ("Teaching Children To Read") and the National Research Council ("Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children"), this guide is designed to be an accessible and practical document that delivers research findings about effective reading instruction that may serve as guidelines for…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Glunt, Emily Suzanne – 2000
A teacher in an East Tennessee elementary school observed after a year of kindergarten that her students had a hard time recognizing their letters based on the Brigance Test. She taught one letter a week by thematic instruction, and she was concerned her students would not be ready to read if they did not know their letters. A study was conducted…
Descriptors: Action Research, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedGibbons, Robert D. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Argues for total eye testing rather than an annual test of distance visual acuity and questions the use of the Snellen test. (TO)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Reading Readiness, Vision Tests
Peer reviewedBoyce, Virginia S. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Clarifies the purpose of the "Home Eye Test for Preschoolers" and defends use of the Snellen chart. (TO)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Reading Readiness, Vision Tests
Peer reviewedMitchell, Joanne R. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1974
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedVanderMeulen, Kenneth – Reading Horizons, 1973
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Readiness
Denny, Patricia; And Others – Reading Newsreport, 1972
Discovering a child's possible auditory and visual perceptual problems at the reading readiness stage may save him years of frustration in reading. (MM)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Discrimination Learning, Experimental Programs, Kindergarten
Lowell, Robert E. – New Engl Reading Assoc J, 1970
Investigates selected reading readiness tests and points out that they measure a single generalized factor of readiness. The subtest concerning alphabet letter names provides the best predictor of successful reading in the tests examined. Bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Factor Analysis, Predictive Validity, Reading Achievement
Oliver, Marvin E. – Elem Engl, 1970
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Educational Philosophy, Phonics
Moore, Sister Mary – Elementary English, 1972
Describes program combining language experience approach, formal readiness material, linguistic and phonetic readers, and identity" readers. (SP)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Experience Charts, Language Experience Approach, Reading Materials
Smith, Paul – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Experience, Kindergarten Children, Methods Research
Peer reviewedPowell, Frances – Reading Teacher, 1970
Notes that most parents, eventhose who are college educated, do not know how to teach reading nor how to help their children. Discusses possible methods of informing parents. (RW)
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Conferences, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedWeiser, Margaret – Young Children, 1970
Suggests methods and materials for improving the perception abilities of young children. (NH)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Classroom Environment, Grade 1, Kindergarten
