This is an evaluation of a Title I non-public schools corrective reading services program that provided remedial reading and writing instruction to students in grades 1-12 in New York City in 1979-1980. Section one of the report describes the program. An outline of data analysis methods is found in the second section, as are pre and post test…

This guide to materials and activities for individualized reading instruction is divided into five major sections. Section one presents a rationale for individualized, diagnostic-prescriptive reading instruction and some procedures for using this kind of instruction in the classroom. Section two is devoted to reading readiness activities, with…

More than 300 ideas are offered in this book as effective ways of using the newspaper for teaching in various subject areas. The first portion of the book contains a message to the teacher, a pretest for students in grades 5 through 12, and a section on introducing students to newspaper components and terminology. The major part of the book…

A training program for changing teachers' classroom behaviors was developed after observations indicated that students gained in reading skills when teachers spent more time instructing, discussing homework, and providing supportive feedback. During workshop sessions teachers were encouraged to: (1) decrease time taken to make assignments and…

Noting that the task of increasing literacy around the world is far too massive for the schools alone to undertake, this book is intended as part of an effort to increase the role of parents and families in promoting the reading development of children. The six articles in the book discuss the following topics: (1) family contributions to reading…

Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this instructional packet is intended for use by teachers of a course in functional basic English skills for eleventh grade students. The packet contains preparatory sheets, activity…

According to recent research data, a successful reading program in the middle school requires a change in educational emphasis from content (skill orientation) to a curriculum determined by the cognitive, moral, and social-emotional development of the child. Three developmental models that provide tools for educators in developing such a…

This reader is intended for use in a bilingual education settinq and is geared towards students who are competent speakers of Gwitch'in Athabaskan with knowledge of the writing system. The third in a series of six booklets, it presents three mythical accounts of Athabaskan life at the time of first contact: "The Caribou and the…

This reader is intended for use in a bilingual education setting and is geared towards students who are competent speakers of Gwitch'in Athabaskan with knowledge of the writing system. The last in a series of six booklets, it presents two ethnographic accounts of Athabaskan life at time of first contact: "Fort Yukon" and "Ducks in…

This reader is intended for use in a bilingual education setting and is geared towards students who are competent speakers of Gwitch'in Athabaskan with knowledge of the writing system. The fifth in a series of six booklets, it presents two mythic and ethnographic accounts of Athabaskan life at time of first contact: "The Moose Among the…

The Mount Gravatt Language Development and Reading Program described in this paper is the result of a conviction that teachers of reading and writing should build on the impressive and highly functional oral language system which children bring to their formal education for literacy. The paper first presents the language research on which the…

Practical, classroom-tested ideas for developing classroom learning centers are presented in this book. The sixteen chapters deal with the following topics: an overview of learning centers and individualization, basic considerations in setting up a learning center, getting started, mechanics of operating learning centers, room arrangement and…

The Spanish reader, which has an accompanying workbook and teacher's guide, is the second in a series of readers designed for second grade supplementary Spanish reading instruction. The book contains eight stories, each about fifteen pages long. The first four have cultural themes and the last four, animal themes. There are black and white…

The six articles in this journal deal with various aspects of early reading. The topics covered are: a preschool biliteracy project; early reading as language development; the techniques used in teaching children with normal hearing, hearing impaired children, and deaf children to read; preschool reading and speaking acquisition in two languages;…

The report drawn from the second annual conference that was designed to provide professional dialogue for those concerned with the improvement of college reading programs, this volume contains the following papers: "Organization, Development, and Implementation of College Reading/Study Skills Programs: Some Assumptions and Conclusions" by Frank L.…