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Barrentine, Shelby; And Others – Insights into Open Education, 1995
Mini-lessons (brief, informative explanations that demonstrate what readers do) are a key instructional practice in meaning centered reading programs. The content of the mini-lessons is determined by the needs of learners. In procedural mini-lessons, teachers explain the steps for successfully completing a task or performing a reading-related…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Lesson Plans, Reading Instruction
Vaughan, Joseph L., Jr., Ed.; Anders, Patricia L., Ed. – 1979
This monograph is the fourth in a series of semiannual reports of research related to reading in secondary schools. The five papers in the monograph are concerned with the pedagogical and research implications of reading comprehension. Specific topics dealt with include (1) a phenomenological perspective on the reading process, (2) the role of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Cowen, John E., Ed. – The Reading Instruction Journal, 1980
This journal issue addresses itself to the humanism versus back to basics controversy in education by focusing on its relationship to reading skills. The eight articles explore the following issues: (1) the importance of reading skills as a foundation for any type of curriculum; (2) the necessity of some balance between teaching basic skills and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanism, Humanistic Education
Digby, Sherry – Insights into Open Education, 1982
The two terms reading problems and learning disabilities are not synonymous. Nevertheless, an increasing number of children who have reading problems are being labeled as learning disabled. Given the growing numbers of children failing to become competent readers, the fact that more and more of these children are being identified and treated as…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Psycholinguistics, Reading Aloud to Others
Montoya, Colleen, Ed. – R&D Alert, 2002
This newsletter covers educational issues affecting schools in the Western Regional Educational Laboratory's 4-state region (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah) and nationwide. The following articles appear in the Volume 4, Number 1 issue: (1) "The Roots of Reading"; (2) "Breaking the Code: Reading Literacy in K-3"; (3)…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergent Literacy, Metacognition
Mitchell, Kevin, Ed. – ERIC Review, 2000
This issue focuses on the developmental path that children typically take when learning to read. The purpose is to help parents take steps to ensure that their children will make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn by the end of third grade. An introductory section includes two articles: "Parents, Children, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Internet, Parent Role
Penton, John – 1979
Designed to provide information about reading in New Zealand, this report offers an overview of theory and practice in that area. Among the topics discussed are: the current concern about reading standards; developmental reading; effective methods of reading instruction; research into the nature of the reading process; preparation of teachers of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Instruction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 31 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) teaching strategies for reading comprehension; (2) strategies for assigning meaning to unfamiliar words in context; (3) differential processing of explicit and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education
Cates, G. Truett; Swaffar, Janet K. – 1979
This introduction to the pedagogy of reading comprehension in a second language focuses on learning strategies appropriate to achieving reading competence. Lexical strategies can be fostered by tolerating local errors and encouraging practice in the identification of specific features such as tense, part of speech, and cognation. Tasks that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
Harrison, Colin – 1996
Noting the continuing concern about reading standards, reading processes, and methods of teaching reading, this booklet reviews current research in reading. Sections of the booklet discuss: (1) research on reading processes; (2) how fluent readers recognize words; (3) what beginning readers need to know about language; (4) what beginning readers…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews
d'Agostino, Micheline – Children in the Tropics, 1989
Initial general discussion of reading and writing is followed by discussions focusing on the process of learning to read, methods and texts, and ways to promote reading. The topic of the way one learns to read is addressed in terms of: (1) a definition of "knowing how to read"; (2) the distinction between teaching and learning; and (3) basic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Basic Skills, Developing Nations, Global Approach
Lectura y Vida: Revista Latinoamericana de Lectura, 2001
Articles in this volume, written in Spanish, focus on the following: reading and writing assessment: Some characteristics of new assessment practices; how to support active participation in the reading of expository texts; argumentative writing as a problem in the written composition of students in teacher training; reading in a workshop…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literature, Reading Habits, Reading Instruction

French, Michael P., Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1985
The theme for this focused journal issue is reading in the content areas. Articles discuss the following topics: (1) teaching reading strategies instead of skills; (2) teaching reading in elementary content areas; (3) metacognition and mapping; (4) a summer school program designed to appeal to poorly motivated junior high school students who are…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition, Oral Reading
Wark, David M., Ed. – 1974
Spanning the annual meetings of the North Central Reading Association from 1971 to 1974, this yearbook presents papers dealing with programs and centers, materials and techniques, a new research field, and in honor of Roger S. Pepper. Papers include: "Attitudinal Factors among Marginal Admission Students" (Roger S. Pepper and John A. Drexler,…
Descriptors: Adults, College Programs, Higher Education, Locus of Control
Waterhouse, Lynn H.; And Others – 1980
The relationship between children's language and their knowledge of the various features of their language and their reading is examined from the perspective of several prominent theories about the link between thought and language. The first chapter contrasts features of five significant contemporary theories of language and thought--the Russian,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
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