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Tracey, Diane H.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel – Guilford Publications, 2012
This widely adopted text explores key theories and models that frame reading instruction and research. Readers learn why theory matters in designing and implementing high-quality instruction and research; how to critically evaluate the assumptions and beliefs that guide their own work; and what can be gained by looking at reading through multiple…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Educational Theories
Wamba, Nathalis, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
There is a mutual dependence between poverty and academic achievement, creative pedagogies for low-income pupils, school models that "beat the odds", and the resiliency of low-income families dedicated to the academic success of their children. This book examines the connection between poverty and literacy, looking at the potential roles and…
Descriptors: Poverty, Literacy, Achievement Gap, Low Income Groups
Stevenson, Jennifer A., Ed. – 1985
William S. Gray, first president of the International Reading Association, is the focus of this booklet. Sections are devoted to "The Person," which includes Gray's family background, early schooling and teaching jobs, and his further education at Illinois State University, the University of Chicago, and Teachers College (Columbia…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational History, Models, Reading Instruction
Goodman, Kenneth S.; Gollasch, Frederick V., Ed. – 1982
Encompassing his work in the psycholinguistics of reading, this book presents Kenneth Goodman's major papers focusing on miscue analysis, the theoretical model of the reading processes derived from it, and relevant research perspectives. Following an introduction to Goodman's works, the articles discuss the following topics: (1) the reading…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Epistemology, Miscue Analysis
Just, Marcel Adam, Ed.; Carpenter, Patricia A., Ed. – 1977
This three-part book, a collection of articles by some of the foremost researchers in language comprehension, examines the thought processes involved in listening to conversation or in reading a page of text. The first part of the book deals with what the reader stores from a page during and after comprehension; it investigates the reader's use of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Language Skills, Listening Comprehension
Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Woo, Deborah Gee, Ed. – 2001
As a result of the America Reads Challenge Act of 1997, numerous tutoring programs have been established to help ensure that every child reads independently by the end of third grade. This book describes exemplary America Reads programs across the country as well as other effective early literacy interventions, including Reading Recovery, the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Besner, D., Ed.; And Others – 1985
Intended to (1) provide new data and reconceptualizations relevant to evolving debates, (2) present summaries of current theoretical positions, and (3) in some cases, to juxtapose radically different opinions in a rapidly growing field, this volume offers a number of views on topics concerning visual word recognition. In chapter 1, Thomas H. Carr…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Lexicology, Measurement Techniques, Models
Cooper, Charles R., Ed. – 1985
Written for those who would like to seriously and systematically study response to literature and the teaching of literature, this book presents a review of the major theories that might inform research on response and a catalog of most of the promising research techniques. The book is organized into three parts: theories of response, ways to…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Models
Cohen, Karen M.; And Others – 1978
The three papers in this book treat the experimental literature on eye movements in reading and information processing to determine what factors might be manipulated to improve reading efficiency. The first paper discusses control models of eye activity in reading, research data concerning eye activity with reading material, and future directions…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Eye Movements
Swan, Emily Anderson – 2003
This book presents Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI), a research-supported framework for integrating curriculum with instruction and fostering long-term engagement in reading. According to the book, CORI is a practical model that helps K-6 teachers plan integrated units of instruction based on their own interests and strengths as well as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – 1984
A study of the ways adults socialize children into particular patterns of literacy by helping them develop the literary and social knowledge necessary for using and understanding print is described in this monograph. Specifically, the monograph focuses on adults and children observed over a period of 18 months at a preschool, and provides insights…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Models, Nursery Schools, Parent Child Relationship
Haager, Diane, Ed.; Klingner, Janette, Ed.; Vaughn, Sharon, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
In this volume, highly regarded authors in the field of reading research share what they know about today's hottest topic in education--Response to Intervention (RTI), the key to helping struggling students "before they fall behind." More than 30 expert contributors reveal what the latest research says about RTI's Three-Tier Approach:…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Early Reading, Reading Research, Prevention
MacKinnon, G. E., Ed.; Waller, T. Gary, Ed. – 1981
Intended to provide a publication outlet for systematic and substantive reviews and syntheses, both empirical and theoretical, and for integrative reports of programatic research, this volume focuses on current theory and research on word identification and comprehension and explores the implication of this work for the teaching of reading. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decoding (Reading), Models, Reading Comprehension
Weintraub, Sam; And Others – 1984
More than 1,000 studies of reading research published between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983 are summarized in this report. The studies are arranged into six categories: (1) Summaries of Reading Research, (2) Teacher Preparation and Practice, (3) The Sociolgy of Reading, (4) Physiology and Psychology of Reading, (5) The Teaching of Reading, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Rayner, Keith; Pollatsek, Alexander – 1989
Intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this book summarizes and puts into a coherent framework the research on reading processes conducted by cognitive psychologists since the early 1970s. The book focuses on the process of reading: how information is extracted from the printed page and comprehended. Part 1 provides…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Psychology, Eye Movements, Higher Education
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