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Weaver, Constance – 1980
The basic thesis of this book is that reading is not a passive process by which people soak up words and information from pages, but an active process by which they predict, sample, and confirm or correct hypotheses about written text. Part One of the book examines the reading process and reading instruction, and it contains chapters that deal…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Design
Download full textMiller, Howard M. – 1976
Reading teachers should be flexible enough to adapt to varying situations that they encounter when they are asked to develop school-wide reading programs. Under ideal conditions, the faculty and administration are enthusiastic volunteers who accomplish the bulk of the reading program's objectives in their classrooms, allowing the reading…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Content Area Reading, Integrated Activities, Program Content
Carter, Athelene P. – 1980
Project IRIS (Improving Reading Instruction School-Wide) is one school district's effort to improve reading instruction. The project's first three years have produced median reading gains of one year or more per student per year. Although the most important aspect of Project IRIS is school-wide commitment to improving reading instruction, other…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Program Content
Scott, Roger O. – 1976
A strategy for decision making in the design of reading instruction is suggested in this paper. Decision categories, or "junctures," are anticipated, and a set of principles is developed as a guide to selection and sequencing of program tactics. Included in the discussion is an analysis of the problems inherent in decision making, an examination…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education
Bales, Jimmy Charles; Smith, Helen Armstrong – 1975
The authors of this thesis identified research on reading programs related to using vocational content for teaching reading to vocational students; developed a design for a vocational-related reading program which included needs assessment, goal and objectives, the vocational related reading program, and a plan for the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Males, Program Content
Mullen, Jo-Ann – 1981
Intended for instructors and administrators setting up a college reading and study skills program, this paper presents eight issues that should be carefully considered when developing a program structure that will suit the needs and framework of each institution. Discussions, resolutions, and rationale are provided for the following issues: (1)…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Grading
Oklahoma Curriculum Improvement Commission, Oklahoma City. – 1975
This booklet contains suggestions for methods of instruction to improve the reading skills of students in developmental reading programs at all grade levels. The first chapter of the booklet provides a statement of philosophy, objectives, and characteristics of a developmental reading program. The second chapter considers reading readiness as a…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Content
