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Reading: Children Tell It Like It Is
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Johns, Jerry L.; Ellis, DiAnn Waskul – Reading World, 1976
Demonstrates that children in grades one through eight have greatly disparate views of the reading process. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Processes, Reading Research
Destructive Myths that Block the Right to Read
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Page, William D. – Reading World, 1973
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulty, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
Reading Comprehension: The Purpose of Reading Instruction or a Red Herring.
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Page, William D. – Reading World, 1980
Examines problems involved in defining reading comprehension. Suggests reexamining comprehension testing, rethinking the missions of reading instruction, and helping students find, formulate, and solve problems for which using written language provides a solution. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Goodman and His Critics.
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Groff, Patrick – Reading World, 1979
Examines four recent criticisms of the ideas of Kenneth Goodman on reading and on the use of oral reading for diagnostic purposes. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Taking a Closer Look at the Cloze Procedure.
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Kaminsky, Sally – Reading World, 1979
Indicates some of the strengths and weaknesses of the cloze procedure as a way to help children learn to read, to determine comprehension, and to gain additional insights into how readers process language as they read. Suggests that the beginning reader is poorly judged by use of cloze. (TJ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis
Developing Word Knowledge: A Cognitive View.
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Gillet, Jean Wallace; Temple, Charles – Reading World, 1978
Introduces the use of word sorts as a way of helping children categorize words in helpful ways. (TJ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Cognitive Style and Reading Behavior
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Blanton, William E.; Bullock, Terry – Reading World, 1973
Examines the individual differences on reading tasks observed in the reading behavior of children and adults. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Measurement Techniques
Sociology of Reading: Social and Cultural Factors
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Leeds, Donald S. – Reading World, 1974
Reviews the literature on cultural and social influences affecting student's ability to read. (RB)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Language Skills, Literature Reviews
Piagetian Implications for Reading Models.
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Cleland, Craig J. – Reading World, 1980
Examines Piagetian theory in relation to (1) the organizational framework of the reader, (2) the linkage of development and reading, (3) the interrelatedness of language processes, and (4) the twin influences of maturation and experience. Notes the value of Piagetian theory in building reading models and examines two "hurdles" it…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Investigating the Concurrent Validity of Miscue Analysis as a Measure of Silent Reading Processes.
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Cunningham, James W.; Caplan, Robert M. – Reading World, 1982
Finds support for the concurrent validity of miscue analysis as a measure of the silent reading processes of elementary school students with respect to the dimensions of syntactic and semantic strength. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Grade 6