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Download full textElley, Warwick B. – 1988
The prevailing assumption underlying practice in the classroom is that children acquire most of their new words from context during silent reading. The trouble with learning from silent reading is that many pupils do not read widely or quickly enough. Reading aloud to children will, however, allow them to participate in activity that they all can…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Oral Reading, Reading Research
Nicholson, Tom – 1994
Taking into account what research says about getting all children off to a better start in becoming literate, this booklet discusses recent "cutting-edge" research in the area of reading and spelling acquisition, focusing on the practical implications. The first part of the booklet notes what happens in the homes of early readers,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGlynn, Ted; And Others – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1992
Describes Reading Recovery as a school-based prevention strategy to reduce the number of children with reading and writing difficulties. Reports on a study of 83 primary-level students in 12 New Zealand schools. Finds that students participating in Reading Recovery improved reading skills the most. (CFR)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties
