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Direct linkHall, Katrina W.; Hedrick, Wanda B.; Williams, Lunetta M. – Childhood Education, 2014
Research in the field of literacy has identified choice as a key component affecting students' reading habits and their resulting literacy growth. This article discusses an in-school independent reading project in which students are provided the freedom to choose books, use ambient music, and engage in book talks. The children showed increased…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Independent Reading, Reading Material Selection, Music
Stoeckel, Tim; Reagan, Nevitt; Hann, Fergus – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2012
Extensive reading (ER) has become a common feature of many English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) programs. There is evidence that reading large amounts of easy, interesting material may improve foreign language skills, most notably in vocabulary, reading rates, and overall proficiency. However, teacher evaluation of extensive reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, English (Second Language), Second Language Programs
Download full textStenner, A. Jackson – 1999
The Lexile Framework provides teachers with tools to help them link the results of reading assessment with subsequent instruction, focuses on appropriate-level curriculum for readers at all educational levels, and is designed to be flexible enough to use alongside any type of reading program. Suggested areas for application of this system include:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Fluency
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Reading Education. – 1974
Developed and coordinated by the Bureau of Reading Education of the New York State Education Department, Project Alert is a statewide inservice program to facilitate instituting or improving the diagnostic-prescriptive approach to reading instruction. As part of this program, a reading resource kit was prepared by the bureau to give structure and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Readability
Peer reviewedHoffman, James V.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994
Examines the first-grade materials in five new basal programs submitted for the 1993 Texas state adoption, comparing them with program materials currently in use in the state. Finds substantial changes in the more recent series. Interprets findings in terms of historical trends as well as recent developments in the literature-based and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
Johnson, Lory N. – 1980
The purpose of this checklist is to direct the attention of teachers, administrators, and supervisors to the essential features of reading programs. Questions are provided to direct attention to numerous features related to the following aspects of reading programs: (1) program authorship; (2) program philosophy; (3) readability of materials; (4)…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Check Lists, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
McClellan, Dorinda Ann – 1970
Efforts of a junior-college staff to provide materials which students in college transfer, terminal, or noncredit programs can read are described. Since the community college has an open enrollment plan, the needs in this regard are widely varied. In order to meet those needs, a study was made of the 358 students in the college's initial…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Open Enrollment, Readability
