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| Reading | 51 |
Author
| Downing, John | 4 |
| Raban, Bridie | 3 |
| Goodacre, Elizabeth | 2 |
| Groff, Patrick | 2 |
| Pugh, A. K. | 2 |
| Roberts, Tessa | 2 |
| Ainslie, Jean | 1 |
| Barrett, James | 1 |
| Barrett, James Martin | 1 |
| Brown, Joan | 1 |
| Browne, Ann | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 37 |
| Reports - Research | 14 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 10 |
| Information Analyses | 10 |
| Opinion Papers | 7 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
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Audience
| Practitioners | 5 |
| Parents | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
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Peer reviewedCraig, Felicity – Reading, 1991
Raises issues about research into the teaching of reading. Encourages readers to use the journal as a forum to pool their experiences and discoveries on this topic. (MG)
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Theory Practice Relationship
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading, 1972
Lists criticisms and responses to the i.t.a. (MM)
Descriptors: Initial Teaching Alphabet, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedHall, Nigel – Reading, 1984
Reviews 16 reading journals, including subscription information. (DF)
Descriptors: Professional Development, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Reading Research
Peer reviewedSouthgate, Vera; Lewis, Christine Y. – Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Level, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Reading, 1980
Reviews research findings that suggest the importance of systematic phonics instruction in beginning reading. Cites arguments against phonics teaching and indicates that they appear unsupportable since they are incompatible with research findings and since they make unwarrantedly negative accusations about the kind of teaching that must be used in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedGoodacre, Elizabeth J. – Reading, 1975
Reviews the literature on reading research published in Britain during 1974. (RB)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Literature Reviews, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBrowne, Ann – Reading, 1985
Finds no relationship between young children's ability to attend to text and to nominate a greater number of purposes for learning to read. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedAinslie, Jean – Reading, 1980
Considers some research evidence, and extracts from it strategies and techniques that could profitably be used in the classroom. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Reading, 1977
Concludes that, while art activities can be defended as a way of adding variety or diversion in the teaching of reading, the proposition that they have a direct and positive influence on children's learning to read cannot be supported. (GT)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedRaban, Bridie – Reading, 1974
Concludes that in reading words the understanding of meaning and the knowledge of probable letter sequences has a function at least as significant as familiarity with letter shapes. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Psycholinguistics, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedLitt, Lawrence – Reading, 1973
Argues that the ability to formulate mental images is an important but often neglected aspect of the reading process. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Difficulty, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedLawrence, Denis – Reading, 1975
Describes an experiment to determine the effects of counselling as a method of improving the self esteem of retarded readers. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedRoberts, Tessa – Reading, 1980
Examines research evidence that suggests an association between impulsivity and poor reading performance; outlines methods that have been helpful in training children to respond less impulsively, to take more time, and to make fewer mistakes so that ultimately they may become better readers. (Author/GT)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading, 1974
Discusses four areas of reading research in which the results seem to collide with views held by practicing teachers and provides an explanation of the contradictions. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Paradox, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedYule, Valerie – Reading, 1986
Notes similarities and differences of the two national reports and summarizes the main points of the American report. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
