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Cox, Janet Elizabeth – 1975
This study compared the achievement of students instructed by the use of a management system, Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development (WDRSD), for word attack skills in addition to the basal reader approach with the achievement of students instructed by the use of the basal reader approach alone. Two hundred forty-four fourth grade students…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Behavioral Objectives, Doctoral Dissertations
Katz, Ina C.; Singer, Harry – 1976
Data from four of the Cooperative First Grade Studies (1964-1965) were reanalyzed for four first grade projects, (Fry, Hayes, Mazurkiewicz, and Tanyzer). These projects were selected because they compared the Initial Teaching Alphabet approach with traditional orthography-basal reader approaches. The focal point of this reanalysis was to study the…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Download full textRakes, Thomas A., Ed.; Brotherton, Sophia, Ed. – 1975
This document presents nine papers which were originally prepared for the 1974 Annual Language Arts Conference at Memphis State University. Included are: "Proxemics" by Dale F. Baltus; "Reading and Study Skill Hints for Intermediate and Secondary Teachers" by Stuart W. Bray; "A Reading Game License" by Flora C. Fowler; "Teach Kids to Think" by…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Richards, I. A.; Gibson, Christine – 1974
This book attempts to introduce the reader to techniques of communication control, in listening and speaking as well as reading and writing. To this end, the use of a simplified vocabulary called Every Man's English is advocated. Section 2 presents some principles of Every Man's English. The contribution of Ogden's Basic English, a core vocabulary…
Descriptors: English, Etymology, Language Styles, Language Usage
Eberhart, Nancy A.; Lloyd, Margaret V. – 1975
Consisting of nine individualized inservice packets, the Teaching Teen Reading Series describes reading procedures applicable to instruction in all subjects in the elementary, middle, and secondary school. This ninth packet is designed to enable the teacher to help students read for information and pleasure and includes sections discussing ways to…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Development
Maloney, John D. – 1975
This article presents a detailed description of an individualized reading program developed at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. The program is designed to help students become independent learners in their content area courses. It consists of three interrelated components: a 60-page "Tutor's Handbook," a series of videotaped study skills…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Individualized Instruction
Stanfield, Esther, Ed.; And Others – 1973
This curriculum guide for the language arts program is divided into four major sections. Section 1, Decoding, discusses such topics as visual discrimination, identifying colors, sight words, likenesses and differences, accent, compounds, contractions, possessives, abbreviations, syllables, hyphenated words, choral reading, correct phrasing,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Curriculum Guides, Dramatics, Elementary Education
Durkin, Dolores – 1974
This book provides specific, practical suggestions for the classroom teacher, covering the whole of the elementary school reading program. Chapters include "Teaching Reading,""Instructional Materials,""Organizing for Instruction,""Oral and Silent Reading,""Readiness for Reading,""Preschool Reading,""Reading in the Kindergarten,""Whole Word…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Burrows, Alvina T.; And Others – 1961
This bulletin reports on studies dealing with the major role of composition and the supporting roles of discussing, dictating, illustrating, spelling, and handwriting in improving the language skills of elementary school students. Chapters include "Composition in Primary Grades," which stresses the importance of teaching children to express…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Handwriting Skills, Language Acquisition
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of School and Cultural Research. – 1973
To be used in the development of reading curricula in the local school setting, this list of generic objectives is part of a set produced by the System for Pupil Program Evaluation and Development (SPPED) which includes criterion objectives and content lists for the specification of generic objectives. In addition to the objectives, this…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Decoding (Reading)
Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – 1973
The thirty papers in this Annual Proceedings of the Western College Reading Association (WCRA) were originally delivered at the Sixth Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Topics covered include self-programed control, increasing study-concentration behavior, individualizing a college reading program, human options for human beings,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Individualized Reading, Learning, Reading
Clark, N. Cecil; Thompson, Faith E. – 1972
A major goal of the elementary and secondary schools is to help each person become an efficient and autonomous learner. Outlined in this report are skills abstracted from the literature on such topics as verbal learning, problem solving, study habits, and behavior modification. The learner-oriented skills are presented so that they may be…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Concept Teaching, Individual Development, Learning Activities
Cohen, Elaine L. – 1973
At an urban, open-door institution like Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, many students enter college with some dificiencies in basic reading and writing skills. Therefore, the Reading Department at Metro State has attempted to meet the needs of the entire college through some multidisciplinary approaches to teaching reading. Reading…
Descriptors: Conferences, Higher Education, Mexican Americans, Open Enrollment
Fields, Johanna H. – 1971
The extent to which increases in reading efficiency are attributable to a reading laboratory program was investigated. The experimental group consisted of all students enrolled in developmental reading and study skills laboratory programs at the Community College of Allegheny County, Boyce Campus. The two control groups were students enrolled in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Programs, College Students, Community Colleges
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Learning Research and Development Center. – 1969
Behavioral objectives for various skill areas related to reading are listed for eleven levels (A through K). Each level deals with seven or eight skill areas, and each area has from one to 12 objectives with specific examples given for each objective. The skills for the various levels are visual discrimination, auditory discrimination, literal…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Education
