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Wellman, Ruth T. – Elementary English, 1974
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Decoding (Reading)
Peer reviewedElkind, David – Childhood Education, 1979
Presents a stage-structure analysis of reading applicable to any method of reading a teacher might choose to use. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Children, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedFarrar, Mary Thomas – Reading Psychology, 1986
Shows how conceptions of literacy in reading have changed and what sorts of instruction best suit each conception. Identifies four conceptions of literacy: (1) decoding, (2) structural comprehension, (3) elaborative comprehension, and (4) critical thinking, and argues that each is best allied with a certain form of instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Decoding (Reading), Definitions
Nyborg, Magne – 1982
A theoretical situation-person-interactions model of learning and performance is presented, and applications of the model through the Instrumental Language Functions (ILF) approach with preschool normal and older variously handicapped children and adults are described. The model is graphically depicted and discussed according to such aspects as…
Descriptors: Adults, Classification, Concept Formation, Decoding (Reading)
Pollock, John F.; Brown, Garth H. – 1980
A study investigated ways of establishing links between different methods of reading instruction, children's conceptualizations of the reading process, and children's actual reading behavior. Two instruments were used to assess the relationships between the three variables: a revised version of "The Reading Miscue Inventory" and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Download full textNathanson, Steven A.; Nathanson, Marsha L. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2004
In this paper, we discuss the link between effective literacy practices recommended by the International Reading Association and current research on how the brain learns derived from MRI and PET scan studies begun in the 1990's. Five key areas of brain-based research discussed include time and attention, emotion, the nature of memory, the learning…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Brain, Research
