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Reviewing a Reading Program: Professional Development Module. Participant's Guide
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Kosanovich, Marcia; Jordan, Georgia; Arndt, Elissa; Van Sciver, Mary; Wahl, Michelle; Rissman, Lila – Center on Instruction, 2008
The Curriculum and Instructional Projects Team at the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) developed "Guidelines for Reviewing a Reading Program" ("Guidelines") to assist reviewers in determining if a program is consistent with the scientific research on reading. Based on that work, the Center on Instruction Reading Strand developed this…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Reading Research, Reading Programs, Guidelines
Procedural Handbook: 1979-80 Reading and Literature Assessment.
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Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) methods and procedures used in the 1979-80 assessment of reading and literature are described. The objectives of the assessment are categorized into four main areas. These include values reading and literature, comprehension of written work, response to written work, and application of study…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, National Programs
Creating Confident and Competent Readers: Transactional Strategies Instruction.
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Casteel, Carolyn P.; Isom, Bess A.; Jordan, Kathleen F. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2000
This article presents a practical plan for improving reading comprehension and reader self-efficacy in grades 4-12 through transactional strategies instruction. Three phases of instruction are described and specific instructional strategies are provided. Suggestions for implementation and for evaluation of instruction effectiveness are also…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
A Framework for Reading: Creating a Policy in the Elementary School.
Somerfield, Muriel; And Others – 1985
Intended for administrators and reading teachers, this book deals with the issues about reading that seem to be the most common causes of concern. The topics discussed are the following: a general approach to the teaching of reading, ways to involve parents with reading, a prereading program, the organization of a reading program, the process of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation, Parent Participation, Program Evaluation
Improving Reading Instruction to the Inclusion of Everything Else.
Quattrini, Joseph A. – 1979
The problem of a perceived decline in secondary school students' reading comprehension and the efforts of one high school English department head to address that problem are described in this paper. The first section of the paper presents an extensive documentation of the decline in reading comprehension and of reactions by state and local…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Faculty Development, High Schools, Inservice Education
Inservice Education for Content Area Teachers.
Siedow, Mary Dunn; And Others – 1985
Recognizing that content area teachers are sufficiently different from reading teachers to warrant special attention in reading inservice activities, this book is intended for inservice leaders to help content area teachers improve their teaching of reading and understanding content-related material. The book contains numerous suggestions for…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Reading in Postsecondary Occupational Education: Faculty Development Resource Manual. Basics of Career Program Achievement: Emphasis on Reading.
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Student Development Center. – 1981
Intended as a resource of staff-tested activities for two-year college faculty, staff, and administrators, this manual is a compilation of representative materials from training workshops conducted, as a professional development project, to increase instructor skills and knowledge regarding intervention in reading deficiency of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Faculty, Content Area Reading, Faculty Development