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Download full textThomas, Robert L. – Education Research Consumer Guide, 1992
This information sheet (the third in a new government series published for teachers, parents, and others interested in current education themes) offers a brief overview of Reading Recovery, an early intervention program to help low-achieving 6-year-olds learn to read. The information sheet discusses what Reading Recovery is, what its components…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, High Risk Students, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2003
The No Child Left Behind program changes the federal role in education by asking America's schools to describe their success in terms of what each student accomplishes. The information in this reading guide was developed by the United States Department of Education to assist parents, caregivers, and teachers in understanding the importance of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Government Role, Homework, Parent Participation
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2003
The No Child Left Behind program changes the federal role in education by asking America's schools to describe their success in terms of what each student accomplishes. The information in this reading guide, presented in Spanish, was developed by the United States Department of Education to assist parents, caregivers, and teachers in understanding…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Government Role, Homework, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedGilliam, Brenda; Gerla, Jacqueline Parten; Wright, Gary – Reading Improvement, 2004
Since relevant research indicates that immersion in a literate environment is critical to academic success, the authors of this study designed a program, Project ROAR (Reach Out and Read), in cooperation with a predominately Hispanic elementary school. Project ROAR was planned to help interested parents of kindergarten children learn in-home…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Academic Achievement, Reading Instruction
Balkcom, Stephen – Education Research Consumer Guide, 1992
Cooperative learning is a teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Typical cooperative learning strategies used in grades 2 through 12 involve student teams in which students: (1) work on group projects that emphasize…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Relations
Goodman, Kenneth S. – 1986
The major purpose of this book is to describe the basis, features, and future of the whole language movement. Topics included in the book include: (1) a description of what is known about language and language development; (2) presentation of a whole language perspective on literacy development, involving both reading and writing; (3) presentation…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
