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Peer reviewedYule, Valerie – Reading, 1980
Describes a reading scheme involving classroom use of books the children chose themselves. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedWagner, Lilya – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reviews research concerning television's impact on students' reading interests and achievement. (MKM)
Descriptors: Creativity, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence
Peer reviewedHaase, Ann Marie Bernazza; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1979
Discusses the latest research findings and includes teaching strategies successful with aged readers. Exploration of appropriate reading materials and teaching strategies needs to be performed. Educational needs and interests of the elderly need to be identified so that reading programs offered actually are attended. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Educational Needs, Older Adults, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Stuart H.; And Others – Newspaper Research Journal, 1979
Identifies four "types" of newspaper readers. Suggests ways editors can attract these readers. (RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Classification, Life Style, Media Research
Stempel, Guido H., III – College Press Review, 1979
Points to characteristics that differentiate the college press from commercial media, mentions trends in past research on college publications, and discusses three areas in which there is a need for further research: readership, reader preference, and content trends. (GT)
Descriptors: Audiences, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Media Research
Peer reviewedTakagi, Kazuko – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports on a study of the elements that Japanese five-year-olds prefer in picture books. (DD)
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education
Holland, Isabelle – Horn Book Magazine, 1980
Discusses the dangers of censorship, children's right to read a variety of types of books, and the importance of children's books in which authors express their personal world view rather than deliberately writing for children. (GT)
Descriptors: Authors, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedLogan, Lillian M.; Logan, Virgil G. – Childhood Education, 1980
Tips for using nursery rhymes to stimulate creative reading attitudes in young children. (CM)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Early Childhood Education, Nursery Rhymes, Oral Reading
Peer reviewedGentile, Lance M.; McMillan, Merna – Journal of Reading, 1979
Suggests several questions which can lead adolescents to discover their own reading interests and needs. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Bibliotherapy, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedWestern, Linda E. – Elementary School Journal, 1979
Seven hundred sixty-one children in 32 classrooms of two metropolitan school districts in southeastern Wisconsin took part in a survey which was conducted to provide information on children's preferences in magazines. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedShuman, R. Baird; Dilworth, Collett B., Jr. – Reading Horizons, 1979
Concludes that literature can serve the basic skills by providing a very powerful incentive for their mastery. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Explores character identification as a means of increasing motivation for reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Characterization, Identification (Psychology), Motivation Techniques, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedDriver, C. J. – Children's Literature in Education, 1976
Explores flaws in the advocacy of choosing "relevant" literature for children to read, both in school and at home. (JM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedJeffers, Dennis W. – Journalism Educator, 1990
Summarizes the debate within magazine journalism education over how much attention to devote to "service journalism," which encompasses informative, how-to articles. Surveys readers of "Angus Journal," a beef industry journal. Suggests a reader preference for service articles over news and human interest content. Reviews the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Feature Stories, Higher Education, Journalism Education
Peer reviewedFlannery, Maura, Ed. – American Biology Teacher, 1989
Provided is a discussion of items covering a variety of fascinating biological topics which include: the elasticity of the furcula of starlings in flight, beavers increasing the greenhouse effect, effective invaders, traveling birds, the cuckoo deception, competitive sperm, hearing springs, heat and sight, blinking as punctuation, mutations, and…
Descriptors: Animals, Biological Sciences, Biology, Migration
