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Download full textSmith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
This conference panel report focuses on the identification and validation of essential reading skills and on the organization of those skills into instructional hierarchies. The three approaches to research which the panel recommended are the identification and validation of behaviors essential or supportive to the acquisition of competent reading…
Descriptors: Behavior, Conference Reports, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1986
Focusing on the importance of the search for meaning in reading, the essays in this book address critical reading and the confusion about the place of skill development in the search for meaning. The following works are included: "Introduction to the 50th Yearbook" (M. P. Douglass); "The Quest for Meaning" (M. Poplin);…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
King, Caryn M., Comp.; Bean, Rita M., Comp. – 1990
This conference proceedings document contains 18 papers focusing on ideas and strategies for effective literacy instruction. Following opening remarks by Rita M. Bean, are four keynote addresses: "Toward Uncommon Sense Literacy Learning; Integrating Reading and Writing" (John Mayher); "Literacy Learning in At-Risk First…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Vitolo, Richard K., Ed. – 1987
This document contains 10 papers presented at a symposium on corrections education. The proceedings are organized in two parts; the first part contains six research and program reports, and the second part contains four papers on various instructional strategies. The papers in Part I are as follows: "The Politics of Rehabilitation: A Study of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquency
Wilkie, Carolyn, Ed. – 1996
This publication contains seven peer-reviewed papers from a conference on college developmental education with the theme of student success. The papers are: (1) "Reversing the Academic Probation Dilemma" by John Foreman and Nancy Ann Rossi on programming for students on academic probation; (2) "Reading and Writing: Tools for Problem…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Class Activities
Fleming, Delryn R., Ed.; And Others – 1984
Papers in this journal issue were drawn from the proceedings of the 1984 conference of the Western College Reading and Learning Association, as well as articles submitted for juried selection, and focus on reading, learning assistance, developmental education, and tutorial services at the college level. Papers are divided into sections for…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction
Enright, Gwyn, Ed. – 1978
The articles in this collection focus on learning assistance and other components of college reading instruction. The topics of the 35 articles include the following: (1) charting a realistic course for learning assistance, (2) modern measurement technology, (3) a national survey of learning assistance evaluation, (4) students' cognitive…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
Youngstown State Univ., OH. Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures. – 1988
Selected conference papers address the following topics in the field of foreign language instruction: "The Use of Video as a Reading Tool in Spanish Intermediate Courses" (Julia Coll); "Oral Patterns and Written Composition" (Alan Farrell); "Using Reading to Promote Proficiency" (K. Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, Annette Kym);…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Business Administration Education, Career Development, Classroom Techniques
Fryer, T. Bruce, Ed.; Medley, Frank W., Jr., Ed. – 1988
Papers included in this volume from a conference on language teaching include the following: "The Symposium on the Evaluation of Foreign Language Proficiency: Challenges to the Profession" (Albert Valdman); "Conversion to a Proficiency Oriented Curriculum at the University Level" (Carmen Villegas Rogers, William H. Heflin, John…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Apprehension, Competency Based Education
Nesbit, Tom, Ed. – 2001
This document contains 29 papers and 7 roundtable presentations from a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Cultivating Knowledge" (Mike Ambach); "Subsistence Learning" (Rose Barg); "Non-Governmental Organizations and Popular Education Programs" (Bijoy P.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
