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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1985
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: (1) the usefulness of peer-shared reading information in primary-grade reading groups; (2) development and evaluation of a sustained silent reading program in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations
Prater, Norma Jean; And Others – 1985
A nationwide survey was conducted among families with children enrolled in Kinder-Care Learning Centers (KCLC) to determine parental practices of reading aloud to preschool children. A total of 50 KCLCs was selected in such a way that the geographic distribution by four U.S. regions was representative of the 900 KCLC-Randomly selected centers were…
Descriptors: Day Care, Demography, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1986
Continuing the work synthesized in the Commission on Reading report "Becoming a Nation of Readers," this guide charts 31 programs (described in "Educational Programs That Work") validated by the National Diffusion Network that meet the commission's 17 major recommendations. The guide will enable educators to see which of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Mangano, Nancy G.; Rupley, William H. – 1982
Designed to be used primarily for research purposes, this Group Reading Interaction Pattern Observation Instrument (GRIP) training manual specifies process behaviors used by the teacher during classroom instruction regardless of the subject matter. The instrument is comprised of three sections: (1) the Identifying Information Sheet, to provide…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Data Collection
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Four papers on the role of libraries in adult education were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference meeting of the Section on Adult Education. They include: (1) "The Library of the Pompeia Leisure Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil," in which Apaty Peroni of Brazil provides background on the community, location, collection, personnel,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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
Douglas, Dan – 1977
A research project on study habits was conducted at the University of Khartoum, Sudan. This report includes: (1) an overview of the university and the background to the study; (2) previous research on study habits undertaken at the University of Khartoum and elsewhere; (3) the project goals and procedures; (4) findings concerning language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arabic, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Anders, Patricia L.; Mitchell, Judy Nichols – 1978
A total of 373 teachers participated in a study designed to compare the reading attitudes, awareness, and abilities of elementary school and secondary school teachers. The subjects were administered four instruments to measure their reading abilities, reading habits, perceptions of the reading process (including perceptions of their own reading…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Berg, Paul C. – 1978
Teachers have tried many "keys," some misused or ineffective, and should continue to search for effective keys to open the doors of reading for their students. Results of recent student testing programs indicate that student knowledge is on the decline, suggesting in turn that reading is a declining art. Television may be a major culprit; recent…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Problems
BOSTIAN, LLOYD R.; ROSS, JOHN E. – 1965
THE STUDY WAS SET UP IN 1963 CHIEFLY TO IDENTIFY THE FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS MASS MEDIA AND THEIR RELATIVE IMPORTANCE TO THE AUDIENCE (A SAMPLE OF WISCONSIN FARM WOMEN). THE FARM WOMEN WERE IN CONTACT WITH MASS MEDIA AN AVERAGE OF SIX OR SEVEN HOURS DAILY. BASED ON EARLIER DATA (1957) IT APPEARED THAT THE PROPORTION OF HOMES WITH TELEVISION, WOMEN'S…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation, Homemakers, Individual Characteristics
Latham, William, Ed. – 1975
Papers presented at the tenth annual study conference of the United Kingdom Reading Association, held at Totley-Thornbridge College of Education, Sheffield, are included in this report. The conference theme centered on the proposition that learning to read is a long-term developmental process beginning in preschool life and language experience and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
Howden, Mary Evalyn – 1967
This study described adult reading skills, reading habits, and socioeconomic adjustments of persons known to be good, average, or poor readers in Grades 5 and 6; and investigated relationships among adult reading characteristics; parental and adult socioeconomic adjustment, childhood reading achievement and academic aptitude, and parental reading…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adults, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
Brown, Rexford G. – 1973
This section of the 1970-1971 National Assessment of Educational Progress presents summary data for the responses to literature assessment. Data is presented in graph and tabular form and discussed in detail for the educational attainments of nine year olds, thirteen year olds, seventeen year olds, and adults (ages 26-35). The data is also…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Bliesmer, Emery P. – 1970
Research in college and adult reading for the period from September, 1969, through September, 1970, is reviewed. Over 160 studies are cited in the review which does not include proceedings of the 1970 National Reading Conference or of the 1970 International Reading Association Conference since these proceedings were not available at the time the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Gelinas, Rene – 1993
A study investigated the relationship between reading habits and writing skills in French of 223 Canadian secondary school students. Students were surveyed concerning their demographic characteristics, attitudes about learning and reading, recreational activities, and reading habits and reading materials. Writing skills were evaluated using a…
Descriptors: Demography, Foreign Countries, French, Grammar
