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Peer reviewedRupley, William H.; Blair, Timothy R. – Reading Horizons, 1977
Explores the difficulties inherent in determining who are effective reading teachers. (JM)
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness
Direct linkBlair, Timothy R.; Rupley, William H.; Nichols, William Dee – Reading Teacher, 2007
What teaching strategies must teachers of reading be able to perform and how are these strategies applied effectively in teaching children to read? This article attempts to answer these two important questions. One key element of a successful reading program focuses on the teacher. A brief review of the teacher effectiveness literature, including…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Reading Programs, Reading Teachers
Peer reviewedRupley, William H.; Blair, Timothy R. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Discusses the role of parents and teachers in preparing children for beginning reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedRupley, William H.; Chevrette, Patricia – Reading World, 1983
Reviews various computer assisted reading instruction programs and calls for the development of more quality instructional programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Futures (of Society), Reading Instruction
Nichols, William D.; Zellner, Luana J.; Rupley, William H.; Willson, Victor L.; Kim, Yeonhee; Mergen, Sandra; Young, Carl A. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2006
This study examined kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade teachers' intended and reported classroom use, as well as perceptions and knowledge of reading strategies and methods, before and after their participation in a 120-hour professional development workshop. A cluster analysis was conducted on the teachers' (N = 33) responses to a…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Peer reviewedRupley, William H.; And Others – Reading World, 1985
Surveys reading teachers, school administrators, and professors of reading to determine the past, present, and future roles of reading resource teachers. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Job Skills, Labor Market
Download full textRupley, William H. – 1976
The back-to-basics movement cannot realize its full potential until the characteristics of the effective teacher are identified. Future research should identify these characteristics through comparisons of students' actual reading growth with their expected reading growth and should focus on the variables of the instructional process employed by…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Reading Instruction
Rupley, William H.; Wise, Beth S. – 1983
Research on reading teacher effectiveness has taken several different directions over the past 30 years: during the 1950s and most of the 1960s, research focused primarily on teacher qualities; in the early 1970s attention shifted to the effect of the teaching process on student learning, while in the late 1970s and early 1980s experiments defined…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Education
PDF pending restorationRupley, William H.; Blair, Timothy R. – 1976
The evaluation of a reading teacher's effectiveness can best be achieved through the analysis of the process whereby the teacher develops interest and skills in the student. In determining the development of skills, the danger for researchers lies in assuming that achievement at the appropriate grade level is commensurate with achievement to the…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Rupley, William H.; McNamara, James F. – 1978
A study was conducted to investigate selected reading instruction process variables employed by third and sixth grade teachers and their effect on pupils' reading achievement, to explore the difference between third and sixth grade teachers' reading instruction process variables, and to investigate the relationship between selected pupil variables…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 3
