Decades of reading research have improved our understanding of the ways that young children learn how to read and of the component skills that support the ongoing development of reading and reading comprehension. However, while these investments have transformed reading instruction and reading outcomes for many learners, too many children are not…

Decades of reading research have improved our understanding of the ways that young children learn how to read and of the component skills that support the ongoing development of reading and reading comprehension. But while these investments have transformed reading instruction and reading outcomes for many learners, too many children are not…

PROGRAMMATIC RESEARCH IS DISCUSSED AS ONE OF THE BASIC NEEDS OF READING RESEARCH. OTHER NEEDS ARE--(1) FOR BASIC RESEARCH THAT FOCUSES ON THE READING PROCESS, (2) FOR LEADERSHIP THAT VALUES SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVITY AND INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, AND (3) TO INFORM AND CONVINCE THE PUBLIC OF THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF READING RESEARCH. PROGRAMMATIC…

Educational and psychological research currently in progress in Swedish educational and research institutions is summarized and described in one-page synopses. The included 215 projects are major research projects, post-graduate and doctoral dissertation studies, and other studies in progress in June, 1971. Information given for each project…

THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THE CLASSROOM TEACHER WHEN HE TURNS TO RESEARCH FOR PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF TEACHING READING ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT RESEARCH SELDOM CREATES IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM. INSTEAD, GOOD TEACHING GENERATES IDEAS FOR RESEARCH. NEVERTHELESS, READING TEACHERS SHOULD NOT IGNORE RESEARCH.…

A 1964 SUMMER CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO INFORM PROJECT DIRECTORS OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH CENTERS ABOUT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS IN FIRST-GRADE READING INSTRUCTION. IT WAS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE AWARENESS OF THE PROJECTS, TO GAIN AGREEMENT AND UNIFORMITY IN RESEARCH EFFORTS, TO APPRAISE RESEARCH DESIGNS, AND TO EXPLORE FURTHER PARTICIPATION IN…

Lists the proposed projects for the NIE funded research program at the Center for the Study of Reading in Urbana, Illinois. (HOD)

Describes how a group of language arts teachers established a year-long research project in collaboration with a university, and how, through participation in the project, they transformed their teaching, became more active professionally, and became critical, responsive users of current research. (ARH)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of employing a cooperative research strategy in science education. The Cooperative Research Project in First-Grade Reading is used to illustrate the concept of cooperative parallel research. Suggests that this approach would offer the opportunity of a real breakthrough in answering some of the perenial…

A 3-year research project (1974-77) in connection with the national campaign against adult illiteracy involves assessing the role of broadcasting in motivating adults to ask for help, investigating appropriate instructional media, and correlating the various learning situations and the subsequent social benefits. Some problems of research design…

Intended as a source of information on matters related to the evaluation of literacy projects, this guide is designed to help evaluators keep a proper perspective on their work by proposing a wide range of options and suggesting directions for evaluations. The first two chapters of the guide deal with the general principles of evaluation and the…

Describes a collaborative effort between an elementary school teacher and a university researcher to conduct joint research in content area reading. Discusses the advantages of such a collaborative project, as well as what the teacher and the researcher both learned. (HTH)

A detailed plan for stages one and two of the interdisciplinary Turko-Danish Fairytale Project is presented in this paper and factors considered in the project's research design are discussed in depth. The first section describes the working hypotheses of the project--that there are primordial patterns in the response to literature that are common…

Spanning the years 1932-1982, this book details the history of the National Conference on Research in English (NCRE) in terms of members' activities, research directions taken, and accomplishments. The first section of the book, "The Founding," reviews the initial efforts to establish the organization; examines its early programs;…

Reading-related projects and reports processed by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading were selected from "Research in Education," January 1969 through December 1969, for inclusion in this abstract bibliography. The total list of 391 document references is divided into two parts. Documents in Part I were processed for quick availability and,…