ReadingPlus, i-Ready, Epic!, Accelerated Reader --digital reading platforms for education (DRPEs) are pervasive in today's literacy classrooms across grade levels and contexts. It is, therefore, crucial that both English language arts (ELA) educators and teacher educators, alike, understand the potential lasting effects DRPEs can have on young…

Notes the plethora of guides to trade books for classroom use. Suggests what a good guide should do, and presents a guide to help teachers write and edit their own. (MS)

This article describes a study of the novel "Le Grand Meaulnes" following a new methodology for directed reading consisting of three phases: introductory, analytical, and creative. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article outlines a methodology for implementing directed readings in French language courses. The method can be divided into three phases: introductory, analytical, and creative. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Condensed from "New York State Education, LVI (May 1969), 22-23, 34-35.

This report documents a series of studies on how undergraduate students learn from and reason with textual information. The studies described were undertaken to produce models that could serve as the basis for designing computer systems capable of structuring and presenting text material in optimal formats. Divided into sections, the report…

The quality, quantity, and variety of pupil responses while using two different group directed reading activities, the Directed Reading Activity (DRA), and the Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DRTA) were investigated in this study. The subjects, all fourth graders in two nearby communities, were grouped into above-grade-level, at-grade-level,…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the study of organizers, directed reading activity (DRA) and SQ3R, on the immediate and delayed recall of social studies materials. Eighty-four seventh-grade students from an intermediate school participated in this study. The results of the study indicated that the DRA technique was an…

A reading program was conducted with four students (grades 5-6) whose reading abilities were at the grade 2 level. The students evaluated children's reading materials to determine positive and negative features. Aspects of the program discussed are: approaching the group, design, process, bilingual aspects, rating system, and findings. (EC)

Discusses ways of introducing literature into elementary and intermediate courses and gives some examples of classroom exercises. Collaboration between literature specialists and language textbook authors in preparing instructional materials will make it possible to introduce authentic samples of literature and to combine reading, writing, and…

Describes the directed group reading technique used by a middle grades teacher in Japan to help her students get the most from a book. Explains how the technique not only allowed the students to acquire more knowledge, but also taught them how to study and think. (FL)

The author challenges the usefulness of the "reading-comprehension passage" in teaching English to speakers of other languages and suggests alternative methods. (FWB)

Intended for individuals involved in teaching children to read--parents, teachers, librarians, and reading specialists--this handbook provides activities and resources to supplement programs designed to encourage children's enjoyment of books. The reading activities presented in this handbook have been developed around a sports theme. The…

The Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) has developed and initially field tested during summer 1969 a Summer Reading Program (SRP) designed to prevent the decrement in kindergarten children's academic achievement caused by the lack of instruction and practice during the summer. Each parent supervised his child at home in structured reading…