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Heather Nutt – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Most people would agree that proficiency in reading is essential for students' success in school and throughout life; however, students across the nation struggle to achieve grade-level proficiency in reading. For decades, people have argued about how reading should be taught. Many scientists now agree that body of evidence is known as the science…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Attitudes
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Carlson, Sarah E.; Seipel, Ben; Biancarosa, Gina; Davison, Mark L.; Clinton, Virginia – Grantee Submission, 2019
This demonstration introduces and presents an innovative online cognitive diagnostic assessment, developed to identify the types of cognitive processes that readers use during comprehension; specifically, processes that distinguish between subtypes of struggling comprehenders. Cognitive diagnostic assessments are designed to provide valuable…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Standardized Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Holdway, Jennifer, Ed.; Wilson, Brittany, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2014
The theme for this year's College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa was "Engaged Language Research and Practice," with the plenary speech given by Dr. Kathryn A. Davis. Following a preface from the editors and plenary speaker highlights, contents of these proceedings include: Section I:…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), American Indian Languages, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
Goodman, Kenneth S. – Nat Sch, 1969
From a special report, "What's New in Curriculum."
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Linguistics, Perception, Phonics
Tierney, Robert J.; Pearson, P. David – 1981
A reader's background knowledge (schemata) and purpose for reading have an overriding influence upon the reader's development of meaning. Reading comprehension also involves activating, focusing, maintaining, and refining ideas toward developing interpretations that are plausible, cohesive, and complete. Recent examinations of instructional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension
Robinson, H. Alan – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Instructional Improvement, Reading Instruction
Wong, Bernice – Australian Journal of Reading, 1988
Traces the theoretical sources of self-questioning instructional research. Summarizes such research in three areas: spelling; reading comprehension; and summarization. Considers important caveats on self-questioning instructional research and practice. Mentions nascent curriculum development that is explicitly based on metacognitive theory and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1986
Defining reading as a dynamic, interactive process involving the reader in constructing meaning, this guide for the elementary and secondary curriculum was designed to facilitate effective and creative decision making by teachers for (1) integrating reading and writing across the curriculum, (2) developing readers who can independently apply…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
LEVIN, HARRY – 1966
A NEW CURRICULUM OF CODING GAMES WAS DEVELOPED FOR BEGINNING READERS. THE CURRICULUM'S CONTENT EMPHASIZED TEACHING THE CHILD TO DECODE LETTERS INTO SOUNDS THAT REPRESENT LANGUAGE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO SHOW THE CHILD THE REASONABLENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WRITING AND SPEECH. THE CODING GAMES BEGAN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON LANGUAGE AND THE VARIOUS…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Beginning Reading, Codification, Curriculum Development
Taylor, JoEllyn; And Others – 1981
Intended to enable teachers and other school staff members to implement the Responsive Reading Program, a comprehension-centered program for kindergarten to third grade children, this guide is divided into a brief introduction and five major sections. The second chapter discusses the theoretical background of the program and the skills or…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Strickland, Dorothy S.; And Others – 1987
Noting that the proliferation of computers in the schools requires teachers to know the best ways to use them, this book shows how the computer can be used in a reading and language arts curriculum as tool, tutor, and tutee with currently available software. Chapter one defines the reading process in terms of its relationship to background…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Copyrights
Bell, Martha J., Ed.; And Others – 1983
The articles in this collection address basic questions about college reading theory, curriculum, and assessment. Major article titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Reading Achievement," by Anthony R. Petrosky; (2) "Excerpt from 'A Proposal for Reading Stages'," by Jeanne S. Chall; (3) "Finding a Sense of Wonder in Language and Literacy," by…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Course Content, Critical Thinking
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Goodman, Kenneth S.; Niles, Olive S. – 1970
Broad and major concerns dealing with reading are set forth in this monograph to provoke discussion and examination by both researchers and practitioners. In Part 1, Kenneth S. Goodman presents a psycholinguistic view of language and reading (within a transformational-generative framework) as essentially a set of processes of recoding, decoding,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Learning Levels
Zutell, Jerry, Ed.; McCormick, Sandra, Ed. – 1990
Reflecting diversified views, this National Reading Conference yearbook contains 45 articles in the field of literacy theory and research. Articles and their authors include: "The Myth of Teaching" (J. V. Hoffman); "Reading-Writing Connections: The Relations among Three Perspectives" (T. Shanahan and R. J. Tierney);…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques