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Download full textSakrison, Dale – Insights into Open Education, 1993
A case study explored issues related to the self-selection of literature in a literature-based reading program. Lori, the student whose selection behaviors are highlighted, was one of 14 students who participated in a 5-month qualitative study in a sixth-grade classroom where the students were able to self-select their reading material. Lori, a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Owoc, Paul, Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
Research and practical ideas on inservice reading programs are the subject of this report from the National Right to Read Effort. The report deals with the following topics: producing an effective inservice program, constructive changes, planning, "do-it-yourself" teachers' centers, research on effective inservice education, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Programs, Reading Research
Peer reviewedDevine, James T., Ed.; And Others – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1986
To add a foundation to the growing excitement among educators about the central role they play in helping learners become strategic readers, the articles in this thematic journal provide insight into current reading theory and practice. Richard Telfer's article reviews research on strategic reading and clarifies what is meant by the phrase…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Vinsonhaler, John F. – 1979
In a study of reading clinicians' collection and diagnosis procedures, three types of clinical agreement were examined: group agreement, intraclinician agreement, and interclinician agreement. Eight senior and respected practicing clinicians were involved in the study, which used simulated cases of reading problems based upon real cases. The…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Oral Reading, Problem Solving
Edwards, Paul I., Jr. – Florida Educational Research and Development Council Research Bulletin, 1984
The responses to two questionnaires by the principals and 186 randomly selected teachers from 40 elementary schools from Hillsborough county (Florida) provided the data for a study that examined whether principals of schools demonstrating high and low levels of student reading achievement differed in leadership behavior and/or demographic…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Gil, Doron; And Others – 1979
An ongoing investigation of the process of reading diagnosis and remediation based on a theory of clinical problem solving called the "inquiry theory" has been undertaken by the Clinical Studies Group at the Institute for Research on Teaching. A review of several observational, computer simulation, and training studies conducted as part of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Programs, Interaction Process Analysis, Problem Solving
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. Among the topics covered in the 31 titles are the following: the oral English syntax of bilingual Indian children in Manitoba, Canada; linguistic style shifting in black English; oral language assessment by sentence repetition;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Blacks, Communication Research
Marklund, Inger, Ed.; Hanse, Mona-Britt, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1984
Successive studies conducted in Sweden have shown that linguistic awareness is an important prerequisite of learning to read. In one survey that measured the various aspects of the linguistic awareness of 6-year-old children, a very close connection was found between preschool linguistic awareness and reading proficiency in school. Another study…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Dyslexia, Elementary Education
Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Reading and Writing, 1998
Developed as a vehicle of communication for the Reading Recovery Council of North America, this journal represents an international effort to connect researchers, teachers, and all those interested in early literacy. Articles in the first issue of this third volume are: "Relations between Children's Literacy Diets and Genre Development: You…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students
NCREL's Learning Point, 2003
This Spring 2003 issue of the "Learning Point," the North Central Regional Educational Lab's (NCREL) magazine, focuses on the theme "A Call for Evidence Responding to the New Emphasis on Scientifically Based Research." Articles and materials in the issue are: "Wake-Up Call: Facing the Challenge to Use Scientifically Based…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Literacy, 1996
Developed as a vehicle of communication for the Reading Recovery Council of North America, this journal represents an international effort to connect researchers, teachers, and all those interested in early literacy. Articles in the first issue of this second volume are: "Oral Language: Assessment and Development in Reading Recovery in the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, English (Second Language), High Risk Students
Peer reviewedFrench, Michael P., Ed.; Elford, Shirley J., Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1986
Integrating reading and language arts at all levels is the focus of this journal issue. The articles and their authors are as follows: "Reading and Writing: Close Relatives or Distant Cousins" (Kathryn A. Koch); "The Reading-Writing Relationship: Myths and Realities" (Timothy Shanahan); "The Classroom Teacher as an Action Researcher: Beginning…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Fused Curriculum, Higher Education
Lee, Annabelle; Weinshank, Annette – 1978
The objectives of the Clinical Information Processes in Reading Project (CLIPIR) were to create simulated cases of reading difficulty, observe experienced reading diagnosticians as they interacted with those cases, and analyze the protocols of their proceedings. Cases were designed to represent commonly encountered reading difficulties. By…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Diagnosis
Owoc, Paul, Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
Focusing on some of the techniques classroom teachers are using to help students with reading comprehension, this report also highlights some of the research dealing with that area. The various articles in the report contain the following: a discussion of ways to teach inferential and critical reading skills; a discussion of "Research within…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) teacher behavior patterns during episodes of reading instruction in grades 4, 5, and 6; (2) the influence of teachers' conceptual frameworks of reading on…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Dialects, Childrens Literature, Decision Making
