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Pressley, Michael, Ed.; Woloshyn, Vera, Ed. – 1995
This volume is the flagship volume in a series on cognitive strategy instruction. While strategies instruction is particularly appropriate for the learning disabled, it is also very useful for normal learners, especially inner city and minority children. The series focuses on conveying strategies instruction methods for use with these children.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Download full textHiggins, Norman; Hess, Laura – 1998
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of electronic books for teaching vocabulary with and without specific supplemental vocabulary building activities. Twenty-two third grade children were divided evenly into an experimental group and a control group. Children in the control group listened as a computer read a page of the…
Descriptors: Animation, Childrens Literature, Courseware, Electronic Publishing
1996
This software product presents multi-level stories to capture the interest of children in grades two through five, while teaching them crucial reading comprehension skills. With stories touching on everything from the invention of velcro to the journey of food through the digestive system, the open-ended reading comprehension program is versatile…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Electronic Text, Individualized Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Raymond, Patricia M.; And Others – 1995
Different aspects of text comprehension and different evaluation procedures were studied for elementary school students. Indicators sensitive to the different levels of comprehension involved were used, and recall was divided into recall macro, micro, and total. The sample consisted of 90 sixth graders in the national capital region of Canada.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods
Easterbrooks, Susan R.; Huston, Sandra G. – 2001
This paper discusses various approaches educators can use to evaluate the reading skills of students who are deaf and hard of hearing, with special emphasis on reading fluency. Various assessment measures are described and examples of how mature users of American Sign Language read English are given. It highlights the use of a literacy portfolio,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
2000
This multimedia program (a CD-ROM and a teacher's guide) features reading comprehension activities to encourage students to read for meaning. It includes exercises for 100 intermediate level books that are commonly available in classrooms or libraries. The program provides 20 "island destinations" that contain activities that assess comprehension,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 4
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book provides directions and sample activities to help parents teach their children to follow an easy system for study reading: set clear purposes for study; ask targeted questions; read quickly for specific information; summarize effectively; and gather information from charts and tables. The first section, Flexibility and Reading Speed,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Charts, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking
Ashmore, Rhea A. – 2001
This book provides functional, pragmatic activities for educators, future teachers, and parents to promote the gift of literacy to others. The book offers 101 detailed lesson plans for the four literacy domains of oral and written language, word recognition, comprehension and strategic reading for narrative text, and study skills and strategic…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts
Smith, R. Kent; Johnson, Beth; Mohr, Carole – 1998
This instructor's edition of a vocabulary textbook for college students, who read at the fifth to eighth grade level, features 25 chapters and teaches 250 basic words. The first and third chapters in each unit contain word-part practices. The second and fourth chapters in each unit contain synonym-antonym practices. The book's last chapter in each…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2002
This report, the fifth of a series of annual reports on the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP), presents a review of students' performances in spring 2001 in Grade 3 Reading Comprehension (English and Spanish); Grade 4 Reading and Writing (English and Spanish); Grade 5 Reading and Mathematics; Grade 6 Reading; Grade 7 Reading and Writing;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Annual Reports, Educational Change
Morrison, Sally – 2002
The wealth of information available on the Web affords teachers and learners access to language learning resources like never before. Online journals, listservs, newspapers, and magazines provide authentic material for language learners, while teachers can find lesson plans and ideas, exercises, assessment tools, and other materials for use in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grammar, Guidelines, Learning Activities
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1998
This revised language arts curriculum framework lists the content standards for writing; reading; and listening, speaking, and viewing. The writing section's standards are designed to help students employ a wide range of strategies as they write; use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate to different audiences for a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
Nickell, Brian K. – 2003
Students in the targeted school exhibited a decline in reading scores between second and fourth grade. Due to poor reading levels for 2 consecutive years the state put the school on a probationary list with in its district. Evidence for the existence of the problem included documented low reading test scores, below proficiency assessment records,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Education, Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness
Suh, Jae-Suk; Wasanasomsithi, Punchalee; Short, Stephen; Majid, Norazman Abdul – 1999
A study investigated the out-of-class learning experiences of non-native speakers of English, and the impact of the experiences on the individuals' second-language conversation skills. Subjects were eight international students enrolled in an intensive English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program at Indiana University, Bloomington. Data were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Experiential Learning, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Johns, Jerry L.; Lenski, Susan Davis – 1997
This book presents strategies for helping struggling readers, from those who simply need extra assistance to those needing more intensive help. The book is useful for classroom teachers and reading teachers as well as undergraduate and graduate students, and it offers a quick reference guide and full page resource materials ready for photocopying.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Family School Relationship
