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Trimble, Nan – Reading, 1974
Presents a collection of personal observations and data made over a period of seven years of teaching remedial students to read. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Remedial Instruction, Teacher Role

Wendon, Lyn – Reading, 1974
Describes a teaching technique in reading which uses thirty-one basic pictures for the twenty-six alphabet sounds plus the five vowels to help students master the sound-symbol relationship more quickly. (RB)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Reading Instruction

Groff, 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

Mardle, Kay – Reading, 1974
Argues the 95 percent of all children in remedial reading classes have difficulties that effective instruction in regular classes could solve. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction

Braun, Frederick G. – Reading, 1985
Discusses misguided reading instruction that occurs when teachers misuse the teaching of reading subskills to children who are learning to read and write Romanized words. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness

Keir, Gertrude – Reading, 1970
Shows that illustrations of even the most seemingly common objects may not be recognized by children and that nonrecognition may defeat the purpose of materials, such as dictionaries, which are designed for independent work. Bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Color, Cues, Illustrations, Phonics

Ainslie, 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

Wray, David – Reading, 1992
Explores what might be established as professional knowledge about teaching reading--knowledge that even the most informed parents would not be expected to have but that teachers need to have. Classifies such knowledge under three headings: structure, support, and strategies. Concludes that reading is a complex process and requires complex…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Professional Development, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes

James, P. C. – Reading, 1975
Argues that the cloze procedure is an effective means of teaching context cues to Educationally Sub-Normal (ESN) children. (RB)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Instructional Materials, Mild Mental Retardation, Primary Education

Lawrence, 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

Groff, Patrick – Reading, 1974
Concludes that the sight method of teaching reading is discredited by recent research findings. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Literature Reviews, Primary Education, Reading Instruction

Roberts, 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

Spires, Hiller – Reading, 1990
Examines theoretical underpinnings of metacognition and defines it operationally. Reviews related research findings. Proposes practical implications for classroom teachers who are interested in metacognitive instruction. (RS)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Metacognition

Beardsley, Gillian; Wright, Elizabeth – Reading, 1974
Questions how teacher's can, through reading, extend children's awareness of different views and give them insights enabling a proper regard for people different from themselves. (RB)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction

Hall, MaryAnne – Reading, 1985
Offers a description and a rationale for language experience learning, then presents an explanation of current developments and factors influencing the implementation of language experience programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Language Experience Approach