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Download full textBlack, Barbara A. – 1998
This paper reports on a study conducted to assist the Wadsworth Public Library in future planning and refining of services to older adults especially in library outreach. A questionnaire was distributed to residents (n=350) of one nursing home, four apartment complexes for seniors, one assisted living complex, one senior center, and any patrons…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bookmobiles, Information Dissemination, Library Planning
Jay, M. Ellen; Jay, Hilda L. – 1998
This book is designed to provide school library media specialists, teachers, parents, reading club organizers, and public librarians with structured reading programs that can be adapted to local needs. Reading incentive programs are explained along with the importance of collaboration and choice play in making them successful. The book is divided…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Incentives, Individualized Reading
Ammon, Bette D.; Sherman, Gale W. – 1999
This publication describes 40 fiction and nonfiction titles for grades 5 through 12 that will get the attention of even the most reluctant readers. Books range from humor and romance to adventure, mystery, and the supernatural. The titles were chosen based on the following criteria: recent publication date; relatively short length; appealing…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedAllen, Sheilah – The English Quarterly, 1983
Intended for preservice and inservice educators of secondary school reading teachers, this index provides references to the following topics: the reading process, psychology and reading, student evaluation, reading materials, reading programs, reading personnel and resources, reading skills, reading in the content areas, reading interests and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Indexes, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
John Minter Associates, Inc., Boulder, CO. – 1983
Roles played by the executive team in higher education, including their involvement in planning, purchasing, computer use on campus, and management, were surveyed. Tables and summaries address the roles of chief executive officers, chief academic officers, chief business officers, department heads, and computer center directors, as well as how…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Campus Planning, College Administration, College Libraries
Marion, L. Marvin – 1982
A questionnaire on reading was administered to every student in the St. Joseph, Missouri, "Rainbow" program for gifted and talented readers. The same questionnaire was administered to a cross sectional sample of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students in regular classrooms in the same district. Among other things, results showed that (1) 75% of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Comparative Analysis
Stockton, Dorothy – 1982
To compare the self-selection book choices of low achieving junior high school students with those of high achieving students, Title I (low achieving) and honor roll (high achieving) students chose books from the library and were given a cloze test based upon the book chosen before reading it. A cloze score of less than 37% determined that a…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, High Achievement
Nelson, Robert L. – 1989
In order to get some idea of how 18- to 25-year-olds felt about some of their reading moments in school, a reading interest survey was given to 189 college students at the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse. Females reacted more positvely to questions about the impact of teachers, home life, and methods on their feelings for reading. Oral reading…
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Higher Education
Hafner, Lawrence E.; Stakenas, Robert – 1990
A study investigated the reading achievement and reading interests of eighth graders reading meaningful segments from social studies textbooks. Subjects, 88 eighth-grade students enrolled in the Florida State University Developmental Research School, took several tests and inventories designed to gather data in the areas of capacity, achievement,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 35 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the relation of specific perceptual, cognitive, and training variables to reading skills acquisition of kindergarten students; (2) the implications of interest…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading
McLeod, Alan M., Ed. – Virginia English Bulletin, 1984
This theme issue of the "Virginia English Bulletin" focuses on "Literature and Its Teaching." The 15 major articles are: "Response to Literature" (Robert C. Small and Ruth Fisher); "The Power of a Good Book" (Gayle Sterrett); "Some Plain Truths about Teaching English" (Coalition of English Associations); "Introducing High School Students to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1981
Adolescents are extremely interested in their cultural sex roles, relationships, changing bodies, changing relationships with parents and with members of the opposite sex, value patterns, and careers. Their reading interests are closely related to their emotional interests. Teachers need to be aware of the complexities of adolescent life and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Junior High School Students
Boraks, Nancy E. – 1981
Arguing that American schools are not meeting their goals in developing concerned, active citizens who seek to continue to read and learn after their formal schooling has ended, this paper supports this argument by citing information concerning adults' use of books and mass media. The first section of the paper assesses current adult reading and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adults, Content Area Reading, Educational Improvement
Continued Focus on Families for Cultural Appreciation, Curriculum Planning, and Tutoring in Reading.
Heimberger, Mary J. – 1978
There are a number of ways in which parents can serve as role models in helping children to value reading, including parent-child sharing of culture through family rituals, reading aloud to children or having the children read aloud, tutoring at home and in the schools, using home learning kits for skill development and to provide a carry-over of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
San Francisco Unified School District, CA. – 1965
A COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS WAS INITIATED IN 27 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. DAILY SESSIONS OF 45 TO 50 MINUTES WERE SCHEDULED FOR 60 PUPILS IN GROUPS OF 12. DURING THE 1964-65 SCHOOL YEAR PRIORITY WAS GIVEN TO THE NEEDS OF THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS. BEFORE ASSIGNMENT TO THE COMPENSATORY CLASSES, EACH CHILD WAS TESTED TO…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Schools, Family Involvement
