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Lickteig, Mary J.; Russell, Jill F. – Reading Improvement, 1993
Presents survey results of 183 teachers in 13 elementary schools regarding read-aloud practices, stated benefits of reading aloud, favorite titles selected for reading aloud (grades k-6), and recommendations for planning read-aloud sessions. (NH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Reading Aloud to Others
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Beach, Richard – English Education, 1984
Suggests that a successful composition inservice program revolves around four components--theory/knowledge, categories or schema, teacher attitudes, and teacher behavior. Concludes that as teachers acquire knowledge of categories, and as they change attitudes toward self-assessing and revising, they change their behavior. (FL)
Descriptors: Consultants, Educational Theories, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness
Huffman, Gail M.; Edwards, Barbara – 1983
Intended to help teachers assess the effectiveness of their reading program, this paper suggests how teachers can emphasize comprehension in reading, what behaviors students demonstrate related to getting and creating meaning when reading, and how the classroom environment can promote reading for meaning. After describing effective teacher and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Program Effectiveness
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Squires, David A.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1981
This review of the literature highlights research-based ways to improve schools and classrooms. Emphasis is on student time-on-task, effective teacher behaviors, and positive teacher supervision. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement