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Lindsey, LaVerne B.; Vickery, Verna L. – School Media Quarterly, 1975
A brief history and futuristic projection of children's readers. (Author)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Publishing Industry
Staiger, Ralph C. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt2, 1968
Presents a brief outline ofthe evolution of the basal reader and notes the predominant role it p plays in today's reading instruction. Comments on the impact reading research has had and is likely to have on the basal reading program in the future. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction paper. Bibliography
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Evaluation, Reading Instruction
Cheek, Earl H., Jr.; Cheek, Martha C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
An evaluation of the content of three basal reading series show that they are changing with the times. Current readers are less likely than older readers to show sex and racial stereotyping and no longer show life as always happy. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education
Savage, John F. – Cath Sch J, 1970
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Basic Skills, Phonics
Peer reviewedBradley, John M.; Ames, Wilbur S. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1977
Describes a study using the Fry Readability Graph to determine the parameter values for average readability and the range of readability of basal readers. (JM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Readability
Peer reviewedKidder, Carole L. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Describes a reading program that uses a combination of basal readers to teach beginning reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Individualized Instruction
Rex, Evelyn J. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1971
The article is part II of a two part series. Part I presented the findings of an analysis of Braille features in basal readers. Part II deals with instructional materials for teaching primary reading in Braille. (CD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Braille, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedJantz, Richard K. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Contains a brief review of the research on moral themes in basal reading series and their influence on children and summarizes an investigation which explored the frequency of moral decisions in stories in basal readers and identified those characters who posed the moral questions and those who solved moral dilemmas. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Characterization, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedBruton, Ronald W. – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Behavioral Objectives, Individualized Instruction
Rudie, Helen N. – Elementary English, 1975
The poetry selections in eleven reading programs were analyzed and generally found to be based on sound philosophy and concerned with children's genuine responses. (JH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Language Arts, Poetry
Peer reviewedMeisel, Stephen; Glass, Gerald G. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Classification, Correlation
Curriculum Review, 1978
Products evaluated in this column are two readiness kits: Readiness Steps (Houghton Mifflin) and Experiences in Reading Readiness (Milton Bradley) plus three text series for the full elementary grade span: Pathfinders (Allyn and Bacon); American Book Reading Program (American Book Company); and Young America Basic Series (Rand McNally). (SJL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
FRY, EDWARD BERNARD – 1965
AN INVESTIGATION OF TWO INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS FOR BEGINNING READERS WHICH OFFER PHONETIC REGULARITY WAS CONDUCTED AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EACH WAS THEN COMPARED TO A MORE TRADITIONAL READING APPROACH. THREE METHODS STUDIED AND COMPARED WERE (1) THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA), (2) THE DIACRITICAL MARKING SYSTEM (DMS), AND (3) A BASAL APPROACH…
Descriptors: Achievement, Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Diacritical Marking
Download full textSTAIGER, RALPH C. – 1968
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASAL READER FROM ITS BEGINNINGS IN THE LATE 1700'S TO ITS STATUS IN THE GRADED SCHOOLS OF TODAY IS SURVEYED. THE MCGUFFEY READERS ARE CITED AS THE FIRST CAREFULLY GRADED SERIES OF ONE READER FOR EACH GRADE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SINCE THEN, CHANGES IN CONTENT, TYPOGRAPHY, IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF ILLUSTRATIONS,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Oral Reading, Readability
Vaughn, Millie Ann – 1976
Teacher editions of four basal reading series used in the first, fourth, and sixth grades were analyzed to determine the extent of inclusion and explanation of the levels of questioning. Questions from the first two, middle two, and last two stories in each of the teacher editions were analyzed. All teacher editions examined recognized the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Content Analysis
