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Vocabulary Talk Moves: Using Language to Promote Word Learning
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Blythe E. Anderson – Reading Teacher, 2024
Vocabulary knowledge plays a critical role in supporting text comprehension and broader learning across the school day. While school offers opportunities to build vocabulary knowledge, studies have shown that very little time is devoted to vocabulary instruction at the elementary level. This may be, in part, because educators commonly report being…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Stages, Phases, Repertoires, and Waves: Learning to Spell and Read Words
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Templeton, Shane – Reading Teacher, 2020
Competing theories are quite common in education. In spelling research, two general perspectives have emerged over the years: stage theory and repertoire/alternative theories. Exploring these perspectives is important because teachers need to understand how spelling knowledge is critical for learning to read words and to write them. Stage theory…
Descriptors: Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Metacognition: A Key for Independent Learning from Text.
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Babbs, Patricia J.; Moe, Alden J. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Defines metacognition, discusses its importance in reading, and provides suggestions for its development. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Metacognition
ERIC/RCS: Focus on Thinking Instruction.
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Auten, Anne – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reports on programs and activities designed to teach thinking skills either as a separate school subject or as a strand in a content area. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Integrating Curriculum through the Learning Cycle: Content-Based Reading and Vocabulary Instruction
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Spencer, Brenda H.; Guillaume, Andrea M. – Reading Teacher, 2006
The content areas provide rich contexts for developing vocabulary. This article presents some principles and a lesson model--the learning cycle--that can be used to develop vocabulary while building understanding in science. Because science instruction and the learning cycle model promote learning in real-world contexts, they provide students with…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development
Mathematics and Reading (Questions and Answers).
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Jongsma, Kathleen Stumpf – Reading Teacher, 1991
Offers a response from two educators concerning a question about commonalities across the mathematics, reading, and English disciplines. Suggests ways to create a supportive curriculum in light of new developments. (MG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends
Visual-Motor Processes: Can We Train Them?
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Hammill, Donald; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1974
Examines the effectiveness of Frostig-Horne and Kephart-Getman techniques and materials in developing the perceptual and motor skills of young children. (TO)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Processes, Perceptual Development, Perceptual Motor Learning
What to Teach for Reading Readiness--A Research Review and Materials Inventory.
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Sippola, Arne E. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews literature on different aspects of reading readiness, then presents a reading readiness material analysis inventory constructed according to the findings of the review. Explains how the instrument can be used by educators to compare readiness program materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Learning Processes, Learning Readiness, Primary Education
Christian and the Question Mark: A Story of Ownership.
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Susi, Geraldine Lee – Reading Teacher, 1986
Sets forth educational inferences drawn from a classroom incident involving a first-grade child and her first story writing experience. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Grade 1
Word Recognition Tests: Are They Useful Beyond Grade Three
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Froese, Victor – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
How Well Can First Graders Write?
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Friedman, Sheila – Reading Teacher, 1986
Offers a variety of practical writing ideas that can help first-grade teachers encourage writing across the curriculum. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Content Area Writing, Grade 1, Integrated Activities