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Reinertson, Jacquelyn – 1979
In 1979, a study was conducted at Charles Stewart Mott Community College (MCC) to draw a profile of "successful" students and determine the level of reading achievement necessary for successful college work. "Successful" students were defined as those who had completed most of their coursework and were nearing graduation; therefore, the sample was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Age, Community Colleges
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling. – 1980
The mission of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center is to improve the quality of education by addressing the full range of issues and problems related to individualized schooling. Each major line of inquiry pursued is designed to culminate in the publication of a "milestone" document such as a book, a monograph, or conference proceedings.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Cultural Background
Coca, Benjamin – 1980
Thirty Mora, New Mexico parents attended a 13-session parent involvement workshop (The Mora Adventure) designed to help parents foster successful school experiences through non-school activities with their children. A parent involvement model was used as the basis of the workshop in which the parents developed more effective communication skills;…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Educational Experience, Family Environment
Hazen, Betty – 1979
The document contains student materials and a teacher's guide for a unit to help second grade students consider decisions that must be made when purchasing and caring for a pet. Objectives are to recognize that consumers have wants and needs, identify reasons consumers go to more than one place to trade or purchase goods, and tell what…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Decision Making Skills, Economics Education
Pennock, Clifford, Ed. – 1979
Focusing on reading comprehension instruction at the word, sentence, paragraph, and larger unit levels, the articles in this volume were drawn from a variety of sources. The three articles in the first section deal with theoretical bases and conceptual concerns. Specific topics covered include the argument for a discourse analysis model, the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Discourse Analysis
Page, Glenda, Ed.; And Others – 1978
The first of a two-volume set, this monograph concentrates on a rapidly developing area of reading research, comprehension. Eleven articles cover theoretical aspects, ways of measuring comprehension, and strategies for teaching. Sense of story and its effect on comprehension and the facility to read, listen to, retell, and create stories are…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1969
Focusing on the psychology of reading behavior, the 36 articles in this volume were drawn from the eighteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1968. Among the topics discussed in the articles are the following: eye movement, the psychology of reading behavior, reading improvement, reading tests, reading research, leisure…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grammar
King, Lovern Root, Ed. – 1977
This reader, one of three designed to provide adults in basic education/GED programs with meaningful material based on Native American cultures, includes selections appropriate for advanced reading ability (grade 7 and above). The twelve readings focus on culture, history, and contemporary concerns of Native Americans. Each selection includes a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Alderson, Charles; Alvarez, Guadalupe – 1978
An English for Special Purposes (ESP) course being developed aims to give the students a series of techniques to help them handle vocabulary in a text, and teach them strategies for identifying meaning in context. Traditional strategies, such as the study of morphology, use of grammatical information, and exercises in dictionary usage, are…
Descriptors: Context Clues, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Download full textRichmond Public Schools, VA. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES AN INTERRACIAL INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, SUPERVISORY, AND INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL IN THE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF OF THE PROGRAM WERE TO STRENGTHEN INTERRACIAL UNDERSTANDINGS AMONG PARTICIPANTS, TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN READING,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cultural Awareness, Data, Inservice Education
Colette, Sister Marie, Ed. – 1963
Fifty abstracts present studies completed for the master's degree at The Cardinal Stritch College. Of these, 37 deal with reading, and 13 treat the education of the mentally handicapped. Each abstract reviews the problem, procedure, and findings and includes summary and conclusions. The original reports are available from the Stritch College…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Annotated Bibliographies
Mankoski, Linda C. – 1977
This workbook parallels the manual, "Food Service" (see related note), and is designed to assist the language arts or foods service teacher in helping deaf students cope with problems of reading the parallel text. The language system used in this text is based upon the Roberts English Series, which uses a linguistic approach to teaching language…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Deafness, Dining Facilities, Food Service
Kaneshiro, Vera – 1977
This is an instruction book for the bilingual teacher of the St. Lawrence Island Yupik language. This guide accompanies the beginning primer, "Atightumun Liitusit" ("The First Letters"). Each sound in the language has a definite letter or combination of letters that represents it. The primer presents the alphabet letter by…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Eskimo Aleut Languages
Thayer, James E.; Maraby, Julien – 1966
This volume consists of an intermediate course in Sara, a language of the Chad Republic of Africa. It is designed for native speakers of English and includes forty reading selections in Sara and an English translation of each selection. The readings are followed by a corresponding set of dialogues in Sara, accompanied by an English translation.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills
PDF pending restorationRothfarb, Sylvia H. – 1974
This paper presents a preliminary model for a table of specifications for Language Curricula Development Center Language Arts materials. Description of the development of the Criterion-Referenced Unit Achievement Tests, including the tests' design, precedes the recommended model. The model categorizes the main components and behaviors of the SCDC…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conceptual Schemes, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development
