ERIC Number: ED285125
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 103
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National Paired Reading Conference Proceedings (2nd, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, November 2, 1985).
Topping, Keith, Ed.
Paired Reading Bulletin, n2 Spr 1986
The eight papers constituting the Proceedings of the second National Paired Reading Conference are published in an annual bulletin of the Paired Reading Project, together with five feature articles, as follows: (1) "Paired Reading--History & Future" (R. Morgan); (2) "Crosland Moor Junior High School Paired Reading Projects with Asian Families" (S. Vaughey and J. MacDonald); (3) "Using a Paired Reading Technique in Cross Age Peer Tutoring" (R. Crombie and A. Low); (4) "Paired Reading with the Mentally Handicapped" (M. O'Hara); (5) "Paired Reading Bibliography"; (6) "An Experiment Using Paired Reading with Peer Tutors versus Parent Tutors at High Bank First School" (J. Townsend); (7) "Direct Instruction, Precision Teaching & Shared Reading in a School for Children with Learning Difficulties" (P. Holdsworth); (8) "A Study of the Longer Term Effects of Paired Reading" (A. Lee); (9) "Paired Reading for Adults with Literacy Problems" (K. Topping); (10) "A Study of Paired Reading & Individualised Reading with Poor Readers in Hong Kong" (L. Burdett); (11) "W.H.I.C.H. Parental Involvement in Reading Scheme?--A Guide for Practitioners" (K. Topping); (12) "Kirklees Psychological Service Paired Reading Project--Second Annual Report"; (13) "A Peer Tutoring Project with Class 6--A Class of Nine and Ten Year Olds--in Holy Spirit R.C. J.M.I. School, Heckmondwike" (P. Bruce); (14) "Can Parents Teach Their Own Children with Reading Problems?" (C. Rippon and others). Also included are a section of reviews of books on paired reading topics, a section of short reports covering paired reading programs in various English schools, and a section of news on such issues as the Ryedale Adult Literacy Project, effective reading tests, the Suffolk Reading Scale, and paired reading with Down's Syndrome Children. (JG)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Language Arts, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Attitudes, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Skills, School Community Relationship, Skill Analysis
Paired Reading Project, Directorate of Educational Services, Oastler Centre, 103 New St., Huddersfield, England HD1 2UA (1 pound 65 pence, plus postage).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Huddersfield (England).
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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