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Download full textIowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges. – 1996
This booklet presents a collection of seven practitioner research reports conducted by individuals employed through adult basic education (ABE), Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED), and English as a second language (ESL) programs and funded by the Iowa State Staff Development Committee. The practitioner research presented in the collection gives…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attendance Patterns, Community Colleges, Correctional Education
Pettit, Doris – 1992
Librarians often note the lack of guidance for collecting high interest low reading level materials for the reluctant reader. To assist public libraries in Ohio to serve reluctant readers more effectively, a survey was conducted to determine the problems of recommending reading materials for reluctant readers and the problems of buying books for…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Librarians, Library Material Selection
Kellerman, Karen Kennedy – 1991
A study was conducted to determine why students were rejecting books recommended by their teachers for independent reading assignments. Approximately 80 eighth-grade students were given a reading interest survey/questionnaire to establish student reading interests. Students were then given a list of 15 independent reading selections compiled by…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 8, Independent Reading, Middle School Students
Nelson, Carol; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on assessing performance through informal techniques is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on the topic;…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Tasmanian Education Dept., Hobart (Australia). – 1983
Intended for teachers in Tasmania, this booklet discusses the importance of providing well chosen books for children at an early age. The booklet suggests that from the earliest years, in home and school, the young child needs a supply of books that are read aloud by adults who encourage the child to talk about the story and the child's experience…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Wepner, Shelley B.; Feeley, Joan T. – 1987
Focusing on improving college students' reading efficiency, a study investigated whether a commercially-prepared computerized speed reading package, Speed Reader II, could be utilized as effectively as traditionally printed text. Subjects were 70 college freshmen from a college reading and rate improvement course with borderline scores on the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education
DiSibio, Robert A.; Savitz, Fred R. – 1983
The domino effect of illiteracy can be halted if students are given opportunity early in life to develop a positive attitude toward reading. Research supports the notion that reading interests lead to knowledge, which leads, in turn, to increased comprehension. Motivational ideas include using trade books and literature as collateral material in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy
Risko, Victoria J.; Alvarez, Marino C. – 1982
Because thematic statements are too global to aid poor readers in comprehending texts, a series of studies using a common procedure was conducted to determine the relationship between teaching thematic concepts prior to reading and reading comprehension. The thematic organizers used in the studies contained three paragraphs that defined the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Reading Ability
Quandt, Ivan; Selznick, Richard – 1984
Defining self-concept as all the perceptions individuals have of themselves, this booklet examines research-based thinking concerning the relationships that exist between reading and self-concept and describes practical applications of these relationships so that teachers can use them in the classroom to improve self-concepts as well as reading…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Instruction
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers presented at a roundtable session on research on reading at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference provide an international and historical perspective on reading. They include: (1) "Research on Reading in Czechoslovakia" (H. Kolarova-Palkova, Czechoslovakia), a historical account of the development of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Schramm, Wilbur – 1976
There is no conclusive evidence as yet that television has provided sufficient cause for the decline in scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and other measures of academic achievement or aptitude, although it may be one of several elements in a complex causal system. The major studies show that television viewing, after the early school years,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Hooper, Ann C. – 1975
This paper describes an investigation conducted to determine student preferences for types of reading content in the study of French. The subjects were 438 students enrolled in elementary French courses in five universities. Reading interests were determined with a questionnaire consisting of brief descriptions of thirty items representing five…
Descriptors: Biographies, College Language Programs, College Students, Cultural Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the ethics and aesthetics of literature study in the secondary school; the relationship between adolescents' levels of moral development and their responses to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis
MARCATANTE, JOHN J. – 1964
THE IDENTIFICATION STORY IS AN ORIGINAL, OR ADAPTED, TEACHER-PREPARED TALE IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE CAST, ALWAYS SYMPATHETICALLY. THE IMAGE STORY IS WRITTEN BY THE TEACHER FOR A CLASS, SMALL GROUP, OR INDIVIDUAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO CAST EACH STUDENT IN A POSITIVE IMAGE THE STUDENT PREFERS. THE STUDENT-CREATED ANTHOLOGY IS A BOOKLET OF FICTIONAL, TRUE…
Descriptors: Classroom Guidance Programs, English Instruction, Motivation Techniques, Reading Assignments
COLETTE, SISTER M. – 1966
FOURTEEN MASTER'S THESES ON READING AND FOUR ON THE EDUCATION OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED COMPLETED AT THE CARDINAL STRITCH COLLEGE, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, IN 1966 ARE SUMMARIZED IN VOLUME 8 IN A SERIES OF RESEARCH ABSTRACTS. THE READING STUDIES--DEALING WITH KINDERGARTEN, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND ADULT STUDENTS--ARE FOCUSED ON READINESS TESTING…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Environmental Influences
