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International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1988
The 10 papers in this collection focus on library education and research: (1) "Image of Library" (V. D. Stelmakh, USSR); (2) "The Study of Reading Activity in the Context of Australian Libraries" (G. G. Allen & F. C. A. Exon, Australia); (3) "Attitudes to Children's Reading in Singapore" (Tzu Pheng Lee,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Childhood Interests, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textStewart, Janice P.; And Others – 1990
A study demonstrated the viability of an instructional paradigm that identifies adult mediation within the zone of proximal development to be a significant factor in young children's learning. Six teachers participated during the first year and eight teachers during the second year. Complete data were collected for 200 kindergarten children.…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes
Warncke, Edna; Powell, Janet – 1990
A study gathered information concerning the reading habits and attitudes of three groups of educators: 249 preservice teachers, 89 inservice teachers, and 65 teacher educators. A self-reported survey questionnaire was used to gather the data. When asked whether they enjoy reading, 89% of the preservice, 100% of the inservice, and 92% of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Reading Attitudes
Handel, Ruth D.; Goldsmith, Ellen – 1989
A study examined the effectiveness of the Parent Readers program, an intergenerational reading project which attempted to change the reading behaviors of underprepared community college students who are parents and to affect the literacy environment of the home in ways that promote the literacy status of the parents/students and their children.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Family Environment
Jacobs, Roseanne – 1987
A study investigated the effect of kindergarten class size on reading readiness achievement. Subjects, 2,837 kindergarten students in 38 elementary schools that serve rural, urban, suburban, and inner-city schools, participated in the first year of Project STAR (Student Teacher Academic Ratio) in 1985-86. The subjects' 140 kindergarten teachers…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Class Size, Kindergarten, Minimum Competency Testing
Vosniadou, Stella; And Others – 1987
Two experiments investigated whether elementary school children's difficulties in detecting inconsistencies in text are related to their failure (1) to represent each of two inconsistent propositions in memory or (2) to compare the representations of the inconsistent propositions to each other once each has been represented in memory. Overall,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 3
Gallo, Donald R. – 1983
A questionnaire was sent to a number of elementary and secondary school English and reading teachers in Connecticut, asking them to survey one or two different classes to determine their students' reading interests. Questions dealt with such topics as favorite type of book, favorite books, more recently read title, favorite authors, sources of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Knafle, June D.; And Others – 1985
A study investigated the presentation of values in children's books, using a scale that was developed specifically for the study. The values categories of the scale were (1) positive behavior, (2) positive feelings, (3) negative behavior, (4) negative feelings, (5) Judeo-Christian religious values, (6) other religious values, (7) traditional…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Durkin, Dolores – 1987
Academic testing observed in a year-long study of kindergarten classes in 15 districts was primarily concerned with whether children were succeeding with the content of a basal reader readiness workbook that essentially dealt with phonics. Such success was viewed as a prerequisite for the first preprimer in the basal series, the use of which…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Kindergarten
Rowe, Deborah Wells – 1986
Focusing on the role of intertextuality as young children learn to communicate through writing, art, and music during the course of usual classroom activities, an ethnographic study investigated: (1) how children's understanding and use of written language, music, and graphic/constructive art are embedded in the social worlds of their classroom;…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development
Jamar, Donna; Pauls, Leo W. – 1986
Based on the perception that teacher educators deliver preparation programs which have little influence on the way graduates actually teach and that they are completely out of touch with the actual teaching conditions in contemporary schools, a survey was conducted to see what activities teachers felt were most relevant for reading methods classes…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Needs, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Zafirau, S. James – 1987
A collection of four years worth of data analyzing reading discrepancies for the Cleveland (Ohio) Public Schools is contained in this report, the fourth in a series addressing this issue. An introduction notes that data were gathered to determine the nature and extent of disparities in the reading test scores of elementary and secondary school…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Desegregation, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development
Armbruster, Bonnie B.; And Others – 1986
The Collaboration to Improve Reading in the Content Areas (CIRCA) project, a collaborative effort between the Center for the Study of Reading and the Chicago Public Schools, is described in this paper. Noting that the project was designed to translate research about content area reading into practice, the first section briefly discusses the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, History
Huba, Mary E.; And Others – 1986
A study was conducted to determine if knowledge of the purposes of written language facilitated reading achievement in preschool children. The study also compared the performance of boys and girls to determine if boys' generally poorer reading abilities could be related to differences in print awareness. Scores from the comprehension subtest of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Early Reading
Stewart-Dore, Nea, Ed. – 1986
Intended to bridge the gap between current research and theory about literacy learning and teaching and teacher knowledge of that theory and research, this book raises questions about what teachers should know about language, literacy, and learning to help children become confident, reflective, independent learners both in and out of school.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
