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Download full textHegerfeld, Melissa – 1997
Literacy in the military has seen drastic changes since the World War II era and even the Vietnam era. Qualification tests are stricter and literacy programs are more available than before. Literacy in the military is crucial in a technological world. In today's armed forces, many soldiers concentrate on the technical aspect of combat through…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Literacy, Military Personnel, Military Training
Mayfield, Laureen Goers; Holmes, Julie A. – 1999
Twenty-seven third-grade children in a northern Louisiana public school participated in a study which examined whether a minimum amount of direct instruction in sight word recognition, combined with drill of sight words, could result in significantly better performance for the targeted at-risk children on the story and unit reading tests. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 3, High Risk Students, Primary Education
Oakhill, Jane, Ed.; Beard, Roger, Ed. – 1999
In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis on the idea of reading as a "socio-cultural" phenomenon, derived from the idea that reading is not an isolated skill but is necessarily related to the purposes reading will be put to in particular social and cultural contexts. This collection of essays acknowledges the undoubted…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Kunes, Shirley; Gilman, David – 1999
A study examined whether allowing students to make choices in their reading program significantly increased their self concepts as readers and the value they place on reading. The Motivation to Read Profile was administered to 20 fifth-grade students from a variety of socioeconomic families. After allowing the students to make choices in their…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Material Selection
Ballinger, Mary F. – 1999
Sharing research completed during a practicum project, this resource guide presents ideas, suggestions, and references to enhance children's and educators' repertoire of reading strategies. It lists 50 ways to encourage reading and writing connections at home; presents 10 reading strategies for unknown words; offers 17 suggestions for literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Literature Reviews, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedSmith, William L. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1972
Presents results from an experiment designed to extend the study of the relationship between the syntactic sophistication of the student and the material being read. (TO)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Language Acquisition, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedMcMullen, David W. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1972
Reports a study testing the effect of minimal contrast among word forms commonly found in beginning reading instruction. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Peer reviewedFairman, Ivy E.; Lyon, Edith N. – Reading, 1973
Describes a reading program for disadvantaged students that utilizes the child's background and experiences and language in beginning reading instruction. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Context, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedPikulski, John – Reading Teacher, 1973
Researches a basal reading and a language arts method of teaching reading, advancing the possibility of using reading readiness instead of intelligence tests to predict later reading achievement. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 6, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedKnafle, June D. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
Descriptors: Cues, Early Childhood Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedZaritsky, Joyce – Reading World, 1973
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedShapiro, Bernard J.; Shapiro, Phyllis P. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Primary Education
Peer reviewedTimko, Henry G. – Visible Language, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Reading Ability, Reading Difficulty
Mattleman, Marciene S.; Kean, Michael H. – Educational Technology, 1973
A discussion of how project management techniques may be employed by educators to improve reading instruction. (HB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Development, Instructional Systems, Management Systems
Peer reviewedJohnson, Roger E.; Vardian, Eileen B. – Reading Teacher, 1973
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Instruction
