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Quigley, Alex; Coleman, Robbie – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
This guidance report aims to help secondary schools improve literacy in all subject areas. It provides seven recommendations related to reading, writing, talk, vocabulary development and supporting struggling students. Throughout the report, recommendations emphasise the importance of disciplinary literacy. Disciplinary literacy is an approach to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Higgins, Steve; Martell, Thomas; Waugh, David; Henderson, Peter; Sharples, Jonathan – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This report offers seven practical evidence-based recommendations--that are relevant to all pupils, but particularly to those struggling with their literacy. To develop the recommendations we reviewed the best available international research and consulted experts to arrive at key principles for effective literacy teaching. This report is part of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries, Reading Skills
Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Instructional Services Unit. – 1974
This document contains 21 reading activities for students in kindergarten through grade six. A description and procedure are given for each activity, including a list of materials needed. The activities include a variety of word games, multimedia approaches, and creative writing exercises. (LL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Reading Development
McShane, Susan – National Institute for Literacy, 2005
Reading is the most basic of skills. Reading provides access to other skills and knowledge, facilitates life-long learning, and opens doors to opportunity. The National Institute for Literacy is authorized by the U.S. Congress to collect and disseminate information on the components of reading and the findings from scientific research. The…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Family Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Education

Scanlan, Timothy M. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
Discusses some practical ways in which mail-order catalogues may be used in teaching English as a second language in order to promote vocabulary acquisition, induce cultural awareness, and encourage conversation in English. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
McGee, Leo, Ed.; And Others – 1975
A compilation of papers submitted by the faculty of a teacher training institute, this manual is for reading teachers of adult students. The titles and their subtopics are as follows: (1) Introduction: Student Viewpoint; (2) Recruitment and Retention of the Adult Learner (recruitment information and techniques, how to be a successful recruiter,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Individualized Instruction, Learning Modules
Eberhart, Nancy A.; Lloyd, Margaret V. – 1975
Consisting of nine individualized inservice packets, the Teaching Teen Reading Series describes reading procedures applicable to instruction in all subjects in the elementary, middle, and secondary school. This sixth packet is designed to enable the teacher to help students expand word meaning, using the technical vocabulary of their content…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Development
Cox, Diane; Peck, Cynthia V.N. – 1977
Games and self-checking devices created by teachers to meet the immediate needs of their students can become part of the continuing program of informal diagnosis, small-group remediation, and individual instruction. The reading games outlined in this document have been divided into three basic formats--card games, board games, and self-checking…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Phonics
Arrowood, Janet C. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2004
Practical examples from everyday life, spanning personal financial matters to traveling and even cooking conversions are the lessons offered in this useful guide. The vast majority of older students and adults who come to America come from countries that use the metric system. Learning a new system for measuring, telling time, and so forth is…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Statistics, Writing Skills, Teaching Methods

Laurence, Robert T.; And Others – Journal of Legal Education, 1980
A method for introducing estates in land to first-year law students is presented in detail. A key element is its use of transparencies to graphically represent crucial concepts and appropriate language. The concepts are introduced in a systematic fashion to allow students to build an understanding gradually. (JMD)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Shining Stars: Kindergartners Learn to Read. How Parents Can Help Their Kindergartners Learn to Read
Adler, C. Ralph; Goldman, Elizabeth – National Institute for Literacy, 2006
This guide begins with a story about the parents of twin kindergartners. The story models ways in which the parents of Mike and Chris help them learn to read, such as reading the newspaper together with them and asking them questions about the books they are reading. Included is another short story parents can read with their child, and a list of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Reading Skills, Sight Vocabulary
Borton, Terry; And Others
The Philadelphia City Schools engaged in a four-year program to develop and test dual audio television, a way to help children learn more from the massive amounts of time they spend watching commercial television. The format consisted of an instructional radio broadcast which accompanied popular television shows and attempted to clarify and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Commercial Television, Educational Radio, Educational Technology
Eberhart, Nancy A.; Lloyd, Margaret V. – 1975
Consisting of nine individualized inservice packets, the Teaching Teen Reading Series describes reading procedures applicable to instruction in all subjects in the elementary, middle, and secondary school. This fifth packet is designed to enable the teacher to equip the student with varied word recognition skills. Different approaches to teaching…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Comprehension
Goldman, Elizabeth; Adler, Ralph C. – National Institute for Literacy, 2006
Parents are the child's first and most important teacher. This booklet begins with a story about the parent of a first grade reader. The parent in the story models methods which a real life parent could employ to help a child learn to read such as finding words that begin with the first letter of a child's name, or taking turns with the child…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Reading Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Vocabulary Development
Minnesota Univ. Technical Coll., Crookston. – 1977
This publication describes classroom activities that teach language arts skills through the use of newspapers and magazines. The activities, which include activities for individuals and for groups, involve students in reading and learning about numerous items in the newspaper, including comics, advertisements, editorials, news stories, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Individual Instruction, Instructional Materials
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