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Direct linkCarter, Mark; Wheldall, Kevin – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2008
In this article, the authors argue the case for scientific evidenced-based practice in education. They consider what differentiates science from pseudoscience and what sources of information teachers typically regard as reliable. The What Works Clearinghouse is discussed with reference to certain limitations of its current operation. Given the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Teachers, Scientific Research, Foreign Countries
Pruisner, Peggy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
As a result of the Reading First Program of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the view of reading has narrowed. Individual state's Reading First professional development programs, and hence reading teachers across the United States, have spent the six years since the funding of the program in 2002 focusing beginning and developmental reading on…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Reading Research, Reading, Federal Legislation
Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 2000
A professional library for inservice education of teachers can be useful in founding a Teaching of Reading Book Club. The Teaching of Reading Book Club, in time and sequentially, needs to become a community of learners in studying, assessing, and trying out new, recommended approaches in reading instruction. Knowing how these trial runs in new…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Elementary Education, Improvement Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
Diamond, Linda; Mandel, Sheila – 1996
Aiming to provide a coherent and useful guide to practitioners, this paper presents highlights of discussions held at a seminar that focused on how to create powerful reading programs for all of California's students. The paper also provides an extensive summary of key findings of research, a description of effective classroom and school…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonemic Awareness, Professional Development
Kurth, Ruth Justine – 1985
The lack of interest in the development of competent principals who can serve as instructional leaders of reading programs is apparent in three areas: (1) lack of clearly defined research on the role of the principal in the reading program (2) lack of involvement of reading professionals in setting standards for evaluating, certifying, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Elementary Education
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Sacramento. – 1996
Offered as a policy statement rather than as a how-to manual, this program advisory provides the policy direction and instructional guidance needed to support the improvement of reading achievement in California through the development and implementation of a balanced, comprehensive reading program in prekindergarten through grade 3. The first…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
