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Download full textNCREL's Learning Point, 2003
This Spring 2003 issue of the "Learning Point," the North Central Regional Educational Lab's (NCREL) magazine, focuses on the theme "A Call for Evidence Responding to the New Emphasis on Scientifically Based Research." Articles and materials in the issue are: "Wake-Up Call: Facing the Challenge to Use Scientifically Based…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Owoc, Paul, Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
Research and practical ideas on inservice reading programs are the subject of this report from the National Right to Read Effort. The report deals with the following topics: producing an effective inservice program, constructive changes, planning, "do-it-yourself" teachers' centers, research on effective inservice education, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Programs, Reading Research
Lee, Annabelle; Weinshank, Annette – 1978
The objectives of the Clinical Information Processes in Reading Project (CLIPIR) were to create simulated cases of reading difficulty, observe experienced reading diagnosticians as they interacted with those cases, and analyze the protocols of their proceedings. Cases were designed to represent commonly encountered reading difficulties. By…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Diagnosis
Owoc, Paul, Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
Focusing on some of the techniques classroom teachers are using to help students with reading comprehension, this report also highlights some of the research dealing with that area. The various articles in the report contain the following: a discussion of ways to teach inferential and critical reading skills; a discussion of "Research within…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedO'Hear, Michael F., Ed.; And Others – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1986
Addressing issues on developmental education, instructional and learning methods, learning assistance and academic support, and reading and research, this issue of the Journal of College Reading and Learning includes the following articles: "Moving the Mountain to Mohammed: Study Skills Tutoring in the Residence Halls" (J. L. Rogers); "Memory…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Processes, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Readence, John E., Ed.; Barone, Diane M., Ed. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1998
This collection of articles commemorates the 30th anniversary of an influential study by Guy Bond and Robert Dykstrain reading research, known as the First-Grade Studies. These articles provide a view of the historical implications of the First-Grade Studies and how the Studies continue to provide valuable insights for those who seek answers about…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
Owoc, Paul J., Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
The three articles in this newsletter focus on ideas, programs, activities, and research concerned with reading in the content areas. The individual articles contain a discussion of the general approaches that characterize many successful content area reading programs, suggestions for educators who are considering establishing such programs in…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
White, Sheida – NAEPFacts, 1995
This edition of "NAEPFacts" highlights findings from the first attempt by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to measure elementary students' oral reading on a large scale. This article presents data on 1,136 fourth graders' oral fluency and its relationship to 3 other aspects of reading ability: comprehension,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, National Surveys, Reading Achievement
Walker, Sherry Freeland, Ed. – State Education Leader, 2002
Noting that reports by the National Research Council and the National Reading Panel show that children learn to read best if they are first provided with an understanding that sounds heard in spoken words correspond to letters seen in print, this issue of the "State Education Leader" newsletter explains that once this skill is acquired,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics
Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy, Ed. – Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Early Reading and Writing, 2001
This scholarly journal, an official publication of the Reading Recovery Council of North America, was established to provide an interdisciplinary forum on issues related to the acquisition of language, literacy development, and instructional theory and practice. Articles in Volume 5, Number 1 are: "Affinities and Contradictions: The Dynamics…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy
Readence, John E., Ed.; Barone, Diane M., Ed. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000
This reprint of the January/February/March 2000 issue of the scholarly journal "Reading Research Quarterly" features researchers' responses to questions about what the new millennium will hold for literacy research and instruction. the authors are given an opportunity to imagine, speculate, and predict the future of literacy research, teacher…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Journal Articles
Peer reviewedEllis, W. Geiger, Ed. – The ALAN Review, 1983
The articles in this journal issue focus on adolescent literature. In the first article, author John Neufeld discusses how he chooses a particular topic and writes to uncover his own particular bias. The second article discusses the theme of "a price must be paid" in the works of Ouida Sebestyen while the third article presents an…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, English Instruction, Literary Criticism
Vaughan, Joseph L., Jr., Ed.; Anders, Patricia L., Ed. – 1979
This monograph is the fourth in a series of semiannual reports of research related to reading in secondary schools. The five papers in the monograph are concerned with the pedagogical and research implications of reading comprehension. Specific topics dealt with include (1) a phenomenological perspective on the reading process, (2) the role of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
LAB Education Notes, 1999
This focused newsletter features articles about reading, reading research, and teaching reading. The newsletter's lead article, "The Challenge of Improving Reading," enumerates the problems that schools and families can encounter when trying to raise student performance in reading. Another article in the newsletter, "The Longest…
Descriptors: Brain, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, National Competency Tests
Simmons, Deborah C.; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Good, Roland H., III; Harn, Beth A.; Cole, Carl; Braun, Drew – OSSC Bulletin, 2000
Syntheses of reading research conducted by the National Research Council (1998) and more recently by the Congressionally-Commissioned National Reading Panel (2000) provide ample evidence of the skills, experience, and knowledge children need to become successful readers in an alphabetic writing system. This research makes clear that children must…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Literacy, Models
