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Download full textLewiston Independent School District 1, ID. – 1974
This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 879 first- and second-graders, plus one fourth-grade class. The students are predominantly middle-class whites living in a small city. The program is an initial reading program designed to complement any basal reading series. The instructional strategy is based on the…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Mackintosh, Helen K., Ed. – 1965
Eight approaches to the teaching of elementary reading are described briefly. The Executive Committee of the Department of Elementary-Kindergarten-Nursery Education of the National Education Association selected the approaches to be discussed. They include (1) Language Experience Approach by R. V. Allen, (2) Phonic Approach by Charles E. Wingo,…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Programs
Howard County Board of Education, Clarksville, MD. – 1974
This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves K-5 students in a small rural town. The strengths of children are the focus of this program, which uses teaching strategies introduced by Robert Wilson of the University of Maryland reading center. Teacher-prepared diagnostic tests and skills checklists are used to…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
Spache, George D. – 1972
This book reviews research on the teaching of elementary reading and summarizes the research in such a way as to make it useful to the elementary school teacher. A number of methods and procedures of instruction are considered. The first chapter discusses when to begin reading and general topics related to teaching young children, and the second…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1971
Descriptions of reading programs and services related to elementary reading instruction in 16 Washington, D.C. schools are included in this report. Data are reported for grade levels only and combines information for all schools. Basal readers are the most commonly used materials, with approaches used with these materials varying greatly across…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Jenkins, Joseph R.; Pany, Darlene – 1978
This report describes several prominent reading comprehension programs for use in grades three through eight and discusses some research studies on these programs effectiveness in terms of student achievement. Three basal reading series are compared and descriptions are given of the DISTAR reading and language programs, objective-based reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
ROMER, ROBERT D. – 1966
TO PROVIDE EDUCATORS WITH BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY READING INSTRUCTION, THE LOS ANGELES CITY SCHOOLS PRESENT A COMPILATION OF SELECTED REFERENCES. THE COMPILATION INCLUDES REFERENCES ON SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH, SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES, AND PROPOSALS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF READING INSTRUCTION--READING READINESS,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Reading, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
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This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the effect of music programs on reading ability; a coordinated laboratory-classroom approach to the teaching of reading; teachers' attitudes toward the language…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditory Discrimination, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the effects on self concept and reading achievement of an art program and an activity-based reading program; children's selection of trade books; two approaches…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Basic Reading
