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Hintze, John M.; Shapiro, Edward S. – Journal of School Psychology, 1997
Examines the extent to which curriculum-based measurement (CBM) procedures can be implemented in a nonbasal reading curricula. Participants included 160 students from 31 second- through fifth-grade classrooms in two school districts. Discusses results in relation to CBM as an applied measurement methodology for use in both practical and research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basal Reading, Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Education
Baltas, Joyce, Ed.; Shafer, Susan, Ed. – 1996
Suggesting the need for a balance between literature and intentional skills instruction, this book provides grade 3-6 teachers and administrators with a theoretical base for creating a balanced reading program and gives educators a chance to step into actual classrooms where teachers have successfully implemented effective programs. Each chapter…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship
Cecil, Nancy Lee – 1993
This book describes a whole language program that has as its ultimate goal the creation of students who read competently, critically, and joyfully, far beyond the classroom door. The book urges teachers to move beyond the skills-based approach and to embrace a philosophy that begins with the heart--rather than the head--of the learner. The book…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This 1991 yearbook contains five sections: (1) Knowing about College and Adult Literacy; (2) Knowing about Home and Community Literacy; (3) Knowing about Literacy Instruction; (4) Knowing about Teacher Education in Literacy; (5) and Knowing about Teacher Education in the Content Areas. The following articles are included: "Program Evaluation:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Literacy
Gunning, Thomas G. – 1996
Helping teachers to discover approaches and techniques that fit their teaching style and their teaching situation, this book presents as fairly, completely, and clearly as possible the major approaches and techniques of reading instruction that research and practice have indicated to be successful. Based on the idea that the best reading programs…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Phonics
Baltas, Joyce, Ed.; Shafer, Susan, Ed. – 1996
Suggesting the need for a balance between literature and intentional skills instruction, this book provides K-2 teachers and administrators with a theoretical base for creating a balanced reading program and gives educators a chance to step into actual classrooms where teachers have successfully implemented effective programs. Each chapter in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology, Family School Relationship
Luckhart, Anne F. – 1990
This practicum was designed to improve the congruency of resources, activities, and assessment strategies in intermediate-level language arts programs with a holistic process-oriented perspective on literacy development. Taking place in a large public elementary school in Vancouver, Canada, the practicum's goals were: (1) to implement…
Descriptors: Holistic Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts