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Bender, Susan Shirock – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of specific training procedures developed to enhance the use of context as an aid to word recognition and comprehension. A series of sixteen audio-tapes and accompanying printed materials were designed and field tested in this study. Forty-eight nine- and ten-year-old subjects were…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Corrective Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education
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Topping, Keith – Reading, 1986
Describes and evaluates several methods for teaching reading that can involve the parent in the child's reading development. Concludes that a program involving paired reading in its purest form is the best method. (SRT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Corrective Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Baumann, James F., Ed. – 1986
Intended to help classroom teachers, curriculum developers, and researchers, this book provides current information on theoretical and instructional aspects of main idea comprehension. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Confused World of Main Idea" (James W. Cunningham and David W. Moore); "The Comprehension of Important…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Corrective Reading, Elementary Secondary Education