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Peer reviewedCarbo, Marie – Educational Leadership, 1987
Rejects phonics or any other reading method as "best" for every child. Summarizes major conclusions of reading styles research, outlines five reading style stimuli, offers tips for increasing reading achievement and enjoyment, and presents research results from five pilot school districts. Matching instruction to individual reading styles is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Learning Modalities, Literacy
Guthrie, John T., Ed. – 1976
Papers collected in this volume were presented at the Fifth Annual Blumberg Symposium on Research in Early Childhood Education, held at Johns Hopkins University in 1974. Selections include "Alexia" (D. Frank Benson), "Young Children's Expectations for Reading" (Doris R. Entwisle), "Relations between Acquisition of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation
Peer reviewedReadence, John E.; Moore, David W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Overall findings of this meta-analysis reveal small effects of adjunct pictures on reading comprehension. No advantage was found when traditional v nontraditional text settings were compared. Line drawings seem to facilitate comprehension and color pictures seem to have a greater effect than black and white pictures. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Illustrations
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1979
The articles in this collection approach the theme "Reading in the Year of the Child" in a variety of ways. The topics covered in the 23 articles include the following: the school as a center for human development; mainstreaming across nations; mainstreaming and the learning disabled child; a Jungian perspective on reading behavior; the arts and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
Download full textPearson, P. David; Fielding, Linda – 1983
While listening comprehension is perhaps the most ignored area of the language arts, a review of the literature suggests that it is deserving of more classroom instructional time. Involving the simultaneous orchestration of skills in phonology, syntax, semantics, and knowledge of text structure, listening comprehension seems to be controlled by…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedDunn, Rita – Journal of Reading, 1988
Discusses recent research on learning style, revealing some of the problems with the research as well as how work on learning modality can help students with trouble in school. Also discusses tests that identify learning style, and advises teachers to keep an open mind about learning style research. (SKC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Modalities
