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Coley, Joan D. – 1983
By 1981 Project READ had distributed more than one-half million books to 500 American schools or alternative institutions and had established workshops to train teachers in reading motivation techniques and the use of sustained silent reading. To evaluate the project, pre- and post-testing of reading gains, student evaluations, and individual…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Motivation Techniques, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Coughlin, A. – Curriculum Review, 1977
Describes the Sustained Silent Reading program that sets aside specific class time for each student to select a book or other reading material and read silently with no interruption for a specified length of time. The goal is to motivate students to read and to understand that reading can be a desirable leisure activity. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction, Reading Interests, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedAkmal, Tariq T. – Clearing House, 2002
Describes a proven program of structured, sustained silent reading (SSR) for middle school students that helps students successfully develop academically and socially. Notes the learning climate attends to the cognitive, personal, and social needs of the learner. Discusses student-teacher conferences and SSR, and negotiating individual reading…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Individualized Reading, Language Arts, Middle School Students
Kochinski, Gerald J. – 1980
This paper contains descriptions of activities that have proven successful in one middle school's reading program. Each description contains a commentary on the activity, its objective, the skills it reinforces or teaches, and the materials needed. Among the activities presented are a method of teaching vowel sounds; a creative writing activity…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Language Skills
Download full textRosecky, Marion – 1982
The Pennsylvania Comprehensive Reading/Communication Arts Plan (PCRP) is a language arts curriculum providing four critical experiences that all students need in order to become competent in reading, writing, listening, and speaking: responding to literature, sustained silent reading, oral and written composing, and investigating and mastering…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Language Arts, Language Processing
Putnam, Lynne – 1982
The first volume of this final report of a large study that detailed the day-to-day workings of, and student response to, two philosophically different approaches to reading readiness as they were used in six Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) kindergartens reports on the literate environment approach. The background section explains that this approach…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Observation Techniques, Kindergarten, Phonics
