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Angelotti, Michael – 1978
The purpose of this paper is to suggest a point of departure for a coherent program of vocabulary growth. The paper offers three premises for a coherent program of vocabulary growth: (1) vocabulary is best learned as it functions in communication settings, (2) teachers can more effectively stimulate vocabulary growth if they attend more…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education
Stotsky, Sandra – 1980
Seeking to discover how comprehensively and systematically one significant category of semantic elements is taught in current reading instructional material, a study surveyed the teaching and use of prefixes in the teachers' guides, readers, and workbooks (grades two to six) of six major reading series. Findings indicated that many of the most…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Morphemes
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The inservice learning module described is for teachers interested in acquiring specific competencies for teaching the English language arts and reading comprehension, especially at the middle school level. An outline is given of the five modules that comprise this product. Activities and resources involved in using the module are described, and…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades, Language Skills
Sung, Robert – 1978
This is the first of a reading series designed primarily for students who are interested in continuing to learn Chinese in a Chinese bilingual program at the secondary level. It follows "The Golden Mountain Reading Series" developed for students in the elementary grades. Each lesson contains the following elements: vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Cultural Education
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Frederiksen, John R. – 1979
This paper reports some results from a study sponsored by the Office of Naval Research that has focused on identifying sources of reading disability in young adults. Separate sections of the paper describe experiments conducted to investigate three sets of component processes--word analysis processes, integrative processes, and discourse analysis…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Discourse Analysis, Efficiency
Taylor, Nancy E. – 1977
In order to study young children's awareness of interword space as a cueing convention and determine their ability to deal with language on an abstract level, 23 black kindergarten children who had been exposed to formal reading instruction were tested. In the first test children were asked to study cards on which a single word or groups of words…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cues, English Instruction, Kindergarten Children
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands – 1974
An evaluation of the English Language Skills Acceleration Project, a program used in ninth-grade reading instruction in two high schools in the Marshall Islands, is provided in this report. Included are a description of the program and its activities, a discussion and comparison of test results, an evaluation of the behavioral objectives with…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Grade 9, Language Arts, Language Skills
Ware, Inez M. – 1975
The writing and production of classroom publications can become a strong motivating factor in stimulating children to read. Since a wide variety of activities is necessary in compiling a class paper or magazine, all children can be involved. Guidelines should be established and followed concerning titles and themes for the publication, duties of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Motivation, Motivation Techniques
Cohen, Leo A. – 1969
This study measured how spelling textbook word-study exercises that call attention to word structure and phonic elements affect learning to spell, retention of learned spelling, and transfer of learned spelling to usage. Of particular concern were structural approaches which utilized essential changes in word form which may possibly invite error…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Language Usage, Learning
Clifford, Mary – Illinois Schools Journal, 1968
Because it presents a fresh perspective on spelling, linguistics can improve the spelling ability of high school students. Linguistic study involves students in learning how speech is conveyed in writing, how key linguistic generalizations can be applied to spelling, and how historical precedent and phonology affect the spelling of many common…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Componential Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Graphemes
Askov, Eunice N. – 1971
The foundation for the word attack element of the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development consists of the Outline of Reading Skills and related behavioral objectives. The list of word attack skills was originally drawn from a prepared curriculum guide of a public school system and subsequently refined. The skills are the ones commonly…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Conference Reports, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1971
The Croft In-Service Reading Program was one program selected for the inservice training of the District of Columbia public school teachers. It proposed to help teachers at every grade level to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in teaching word attack skills, but was mainly designed for elementary teachers. An evaluation…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools, Program Effectiveness
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1969
This self-study program for high-school level contains lessons on: Words That Paint Pictures, Devices Used in Literature, The Meaning of Literary Devices, Periods and Levels of Writing, and Qualities of Good and Bad Writing. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Achievement Tests, Autoinstructional Aids, Course Content
Golub, Lester S.; And Others – 1971
This working paper presents a twelve-part paridigm for testing the level of concept attainment in language arts. Items were selected for three topics: words, words in sentences, and connected discourse. Within each topic concepts presented in the middle elementary grades were identified, and ten concepts were randomly selected for each topic. Each…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, English Curriculum
Thompson School District R2-J, Loveland, CO. – 1970
The effects of a Title III program on the reading and auding achievement of first- and second-grade pupils in Thompson School District, Colorado, were investigated. Subjects were 85 first graders and 15 second graders in the project rooms and 69 first graders and 20 second graders in control rooms at a neighboring school district. Treatment in the…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Training, Language Laboratories, Learning Laboratories
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