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Samuels, S. Jay; Pearson, P. David – Reading Research Quarterly, 1980
Describes problems resulting from certain uses of research in practical situations that indicate that reading educators should be cautious about how they use the findings of research in teaching. (MKM)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Research Problems, Research Utilization
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Moore, David W. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Reviews research concerned with eye movement training in the classroom and points out how specific research has been interpreted and applied incorrectly. (FL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Eye Movements, Psychological Studies, Reading Instruction
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Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; Birlem, Ellen D. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Reviews research concerning sustained silent reading and lists factors that are important in determining whether such a reading program is successful. (FL)
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
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Spear-Swerling, Louise; Sternberg, Robert J. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
This article examines what science offers general and special educators who teach reading. It reviews scientific findings about reading and their practical implications and considers some broader ways that science may be useful to educators. Suggestions for educators interested in becoming more astute consumers of research are provided. (Contains…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties
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Petrosky, Anthony R. – Language Arts, 1980
Discusses classroom literary practices related to teacher questioning, retelling, literalism, and figurative language for children in the concrete operational stage; concludes that recent research on response to literature may say as much about what children are taught to do as what they do developmentally. Offers suggestions about teaching…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Practices, Educational Research
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Kamil, Michael L. – Reading Psychology, 1980
Reviews the 1886 reading research findings of J. McK. Cattell, and their confirmation by E. B. Huey in 1908; points to considerations that militate against accepting the Cattell/Huey evidence on word recognition processes as support for pedagogical practice. (GT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Theories, History, Primary Education