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Minskoff, Esther – Brookes Publishing Company, 2005
Identifying the best way to help students who struggle with reading--whether they have learning disabilities, are English language learners, or just need extra support--is a challenge for any teacher. Schools can make that task easier with this indispensable resource, a complete guide to addressing each student's specific instructional needs and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Teaching Methods, Syntax
Falagrady, Teresa; Gossard, Linda; Ingram, Pam; Snapp, Mary – 1995
This guide was designed to help English-as-a-second-language (ESL) instructors teach work-related language. All the language areas in the guide address communication situations that ESL students would be likely to encounter in the workplace. The guide is divided into departments at the worksite where conversations between non-native English…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Competence, Curriculum
Christopher, Tonja' – 2003
Students can learn a number of words in any given day from television, parents, through reading, and through classroom activities. The activity in this lesson plan focuses on students expanding their written vocabulary to make writing passages more vivid and pleasurable to read. The lesson provides an opportunity for individual and group work, all…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 7, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans

Drane, Mary Jane; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1989
The relationships between reading proficiency and field independence/field dependence and sex were studied in 84 male and 79 female second graders. There were no significant gender differences in achievement or with the reading measures. Field-independent subjects were more proficient readers in the separate skill areas of reading than were…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Correlation

Harris, Violet J. – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Introduces a group of articles exploring the role of literature in the lives and education of African American children. Benefits that accrue to children from reading literature include the following: (1) aesthetic appreciation; (2) literacy education; (3) cognitive development; (4) social and moral values; and (5) understanding and appreciation…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Black Culture, Black Literature, Black Students
Nir-Gal, Ofra; Klein, Pnina S. – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2004
This study was designed to examine the effect of different kinds of adult mediation on the cognitive performance of young children who used computers. The study sample included 150 kindergarten children aged 5-6. The findings indicate that children who engaged in adult-mediated computer activity improved the level of their cognitive performance on…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Kindergarten, Young Children, Teacher Role
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1990
This summary for administrators describes the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), which are broadly based achievement tests for grades 9 through 12. The seven tests in the battery provide information about students' development in skills that are among the fundamental goals of secondary education. Emphasis is on the objectives that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Expressive Language, High School Students, High Schools
Hilton, Thomas L. – 1985
There were declines on achievement tests between 1972 and 1980. This study, the first part of A Study of High School Excellence, was designed to document changes in the achievement of high school seniors between 1972 and 1980, to identify the school and student factors related to these changes, and to examine the policy implications of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends
Coates, Marvin R. – 1988
This book of exercises is part of the package of materials developed for use in an English for Special Purposes project, which offers classes in reading, grammar, and emergency care attendant training for limited English proficient students. The exercises are designed to meet the need for early presentation of medical and allied health related…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Emergency Medical Technicians, Grammar, Language Skills
Coates, Marvin R. – 1988
This teacher's manual is designed to accompany the exercise book on structure and vocabulary. It is part of a package of materials developed for use in an English for Special Purposes project, which offers classes in reading, grammar, and emergency care attendant training for limited English proficient students. Brief notes and suggestions are…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Emergency Medical Technicians, Grammar, Language Skills
Anders, Patricia L. – 1983
A study investigated whether semantic feature analysis (SFA) significantly improves the content related vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension of adolescent, learning disabled readers. SFA is a set of vocabulary development activities designed to help students categorize vocabulary words and compare related ideas. Subjects, 62 learning…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Distinctive Features (Language), High Schools
Mrowicki, Linda; Terdy, Dennis – 1983
Four major categories are included in this annotated bibliography of materials for adult English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. The categories are: (1) general purpose ESL; (2) special purpose ESL; (3) teacher resources; and (4) ESL administrator resources. The criteria used in selecting the materials are that the materials are frequently…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Vocational Education
Way, Flo – 1982
This revised evaluation supplement to the "DOVACK Method for Teaching Reading Project Report" corrects errors in the report's original evaluation supplement with respect to the results of the 72-day and 108-day DOVACK Random Sample Vocabulary Recognition Tests employed to measure the effectiveness of DOVACK as a language experience…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach
Marshall, Gail; Herbert, Martin – 1981
This report presents an evaluation study of the Recorded Telephone Message Project which used teacher-recorded telephone messages as a means of encouraging parents to help their children learn basic skills. Each week for 31 weeks, three third grade and three fourth grade teachers from an elementary school recorded a 2- to 3-minute telephone…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Graves, Michael F.; And Others – 1980
A study was conducted to investigate children's ability to deal with multiple meaning words in isolation and in context. Four low-ability students and four high-ability students from grades two, four, and six were shown nouns rated at the prefourth, presixth, and pretenth grade levels, and asked to give the meaning of the words. Students received…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Grade 2