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Direct linkMorrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Gambrell, Linda B., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2018
Many tens of thousands of preservice and inservice teachers have relied on this highly regarded text from leading experts, now in a revised and updated sixth edition. The latest knowledge about literacy teaching and learning is distilled into flexible strategies for helping all PreK-12 learners succeed. The book addresses major components of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Evidence Based Practice
Download full textFoorman, Barbara R.; Smith, Kevin G.; Kosanovich, Marcia L. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2017
The implementation of effective instructional materials, such as a core reading program, by a qualified teacher is an important part of improving students' reading achievement. But selecting those instructional materials can be time-consuming. Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southeast created this rubric for evaluating reading/language arts…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Instructional Material Evaluation, Reading Instruction, Language Arts
Ukrainetz, Teresa A., Ed. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2015
"School-Age Language Intervention: Evidence-based Practices" explains how to teach the language and literacy skills, strategies, and underlying processes needed for educational success. This book brings together an array of experts to provide the latest practical and evidence-based guidance to school speech-language pathologists.…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Language Acquisition, Intervention
Peer reviewedPerez, Samuel A. – Reading Horizons, 1981
Describes 10 methods that have proven successful in improving the comprehension skills of problem readers, including the use of pictures, cloze-type exercises, and repeated readings. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension
Miller, Jon F.; Paul, Rhea – 1995
A variety of informal language development assessment tools is presented for use with children with developmental disabilities. This book is written as a manual for clinicians and researchers for evaluating children who cannot meet the cognitive, perceptual, or motor requirements of standardized tests and to help evaluate aspects of language not…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Blas, Ana; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1991
Four language classroom activities are described, including an exercise using maps and new vocabulary to discuss geographic location; an adaptation of a common board game that encourages classroom communication; an activity to enrich vocabulary and understanding of the historical relationships between words; and a comprehension exercise using a…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Etymology
Peer reviewedCunningham, Pat – Reading Teacher, 1982
Reviews materials that teachers and students can use to help build knowledge of topics and word meanings that are essential to reading comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Block, Cheryl – 2001
Noting that students who learn strategies to make and complete analogies benefit in many ways, the introduction to this workbook for grades three through five defines analogies as comparisons between seemingly unrelated items. It notes that comparing an unfamiliar item to an item that is more familiar increases understanding. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Analogy, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension
Block, Cheryl – 2001
Noting that students who learn strategies to make and complete analogies benefit in many ways, the introduction to this workbook for grades six through eight defines analogies as comparisons between seemingly unrelated items. It notes that comparing an unfamiliar item to an item that is more familiar increases understanding. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Analogy, Learning Activities, Middle Schools, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedPlaister, Ted – Foreign Language Annals, 1981
Describes a language teaching technique which uses analogies like those found on the Miller Analogies Test. To solve an analogy, a student must understand each word, but more importantly the relationships between the words. Different analogies are listed with suggestions for class presentation. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedMonroe, Eula E.; Hicks, Reta D. – Clearing House, 1985
Describes 44 methods for introducing, reinforcing, and extending vocabulary in the reading program. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBatson, Wendy; And Others – Hispania, 1993
Classroom activities and materials for developing Spanish language skills are described. The exercises focus on listening comprehension, speaking, word recognition, vocabulary learning through reading, and grammar skills that prepare students for the National Spanish Examination and other language experiences. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Enrichment Activities
McCabe, Don – 1976
Until researchers achieve a breakthrough on comprehending what comprehending is all about, teachers need help on how to help students comprehend what they are reading. According to schema theory, students must be able to pronounce almost all key words and have schemata previously instantiated (know the meanings of almost all key words) in order to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Schemata (Cognition)
Peer reviewedBergman, Jerry R. – Reading Improvement, 1977
Presents a technique designed to help most readers' vocabulary grow with their every day reading. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading Horizons, 1982
Describes an instructional technique for expanding children's vocabulary that embodies the principle that learning involves relating new experiences to what is already known. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
