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Implementing an Integrated Approach to Reading To Develop Critical Thinking Skills among a Group of First Graders.
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Patterson, Retie Y. – 1992
The practicum reported in this paper addressed the high percentage of children receiving below average grades in an average first grade reading comprehension class by implementing an integrated approach to reading. Various screening devices, a survey of kindergarten teachers, the Dolch Basic Sight Word Test, the Analytical Reading Inventory (Woods…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Grade 1
The Development and Implementation of a Modified Language Experience Approach to a Reading Program for the Pre-Operational Child.
Long, Diane D. – 1984
A Piagetian, language-experience approach to the early teaching of reading to normal young and older developmentally delayed preoperational children was developed. The approach was discussed in a specially-developed manual which was field tested by 42 teachers among 390 children in 16 school systems in several states and in Canada. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Field Tests, Foreign Countries, Guides
An Annotated Bibliography of the Literature Dealing with Language Experience in the Primary Classroom.
Seufert, Darlene – 1988
This 34-item annotated bibliography examines the literature concerning language experience in the following areas: (1) the rationale for incorporating language arts in the primary classroom; (2) whether using language experience aids the child in developing reading strategies; (3) the achievement scores of children using language experience; (4)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Language Arts, Language Experience Approach, Oral Language
Improving Reading Skills and Attitudes through the Reading and Writing Connection.
Elmquist, Elizabeth – 1987
A practicum was implemented to improve the sight-word vocabulary and attitudes toward reading among 22 second-grade students reading below grade level. The program took approximately 45 minutes a day, 2 days a week. The language experience approach was used in conjunction with word processors. The different types of activities included dictated…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 2, Language Experience Approach
Team Authorship Program.
Payne, Kimberly Michelle – 1989
A supplemental reading program designed to increase basic reading vocabulary was implemented as a practicum project with first-grade students demonstrating deficiencies in reading. The students were assigned to teams (organized according to alphabetized lists of topics generated by the students) to write, illustrate, and read books cooperatively…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Grade 1, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition
Improving Language Skills through the Use of Specific Learning Centers and Language Experience Activities with First Grade Children.
Markovitch, Martha L. – 1982
A practicum study designed to address the problem of inadequate language development skills in first-grade children was conducted. Specifically, efforts were directed toward developing and implementing a specialized instructional program to remediate students' deficiencies in listening comprehension, basic concept skills, classification skills,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classification, Classroom Research, Concept Formation
Teaching Reading to Chapter One Pre-First Grade Students Using a Literature Based Approach.
Nadler, Diane Leboe – 1989
A literature based reading program was developed to improve reading comprehension skills of 14 students in a Chapter 1 pre-first grade class. Instead of using a basal reader for instruction, the students were exposed to trade or literature books, The reading strategies that were pre- and posttested were recognition of a sight vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, High Risk Students, Kindergarten, Language Experience Approach
Strategies To Increase the Language Proficiency of Third-Grade Haitian and Hispanic Limited English Proficient Students through a Second Language Program.
Bien-Aime, Joseph C. – 1993
This study investigated the effectiveness of a variety of teaching techniques, including both standard English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) methods and the teacher's own strategies, in improving the English language proficiency of 15 Haitian and 5 Hispanic third-graders. The students were administered oral and written pretests and found to be…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students