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Peer reviewedFrench, Michael P., Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1985
Articles in this journal issue focus on reading acquisition and instruction. The titles and authors are as follows: (1) "10 Good Ways to Involve Parents in the Reading Program," by Nickolas Criscuolo; (2) "A Parent Guide for Helping the Child with A Reading Disability," by Frederick Duffelmeyer and Dale Baum; (3)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Parent Participation
Download full textHixson, Bruce, Ed. – General College Newsletter, 1982
The TRIO program at the General College, University of Minnesota, is addressed in this newsletter issue, based on presentations made at the 1981 annual meeting of the Mid-American Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel. The name TRIO stands for three federal programs: (1) Upward Bound, which assists high school students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Career Planning, College Bound Students
Schulman, Sandra – 1981
This two-part report describes the developmental studies program at Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC) and provides a summary of 1980-81 use figures and evaluations for LAPC's Study Skills Center. After noting the increasing need for developmental studies, the report indicates the methods used to assess students' reading, writing, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language)
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1967
The five sections of this handbook contain reading tutor training materials, with each section listing behavioral learning objectives specific to a particular instructional situation. The first section defines the role of the tutor, sets forth general principles for successful tutoring, presents examples of interest inventories for elementary and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students, Instructional Materials
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The ten titles deal with the following topics: (1) the composing process of adult basic writing students; (2) an integrated approach to reading and writing for college students; (3) the teaching and learning of reading in the…
Descriptors: Adults, Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) cognitive style and the reading of children in second grade; (2) the effect of increased review in teaching sight words to average and poor readers; (3)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Doctoral Dissertations
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: (1) a hierarchy of purposes for reading assignments applied to secondary school social studies; (2) the effects of sentence combining practice on reading comprehension; (3) the effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the relationship of self-monitoring and the study orientation of adult students; (2) the efficacy of the reading miscue inventory in evaluating the reading…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
MICKIEWICZ, ELLEN PROPPER – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF SOVIET ADULT POLITICAL EDUCATION MAINLY AS IT APPLIES TO RUSSIAN URBAN AREAS, WHERE THE SYSTEM IS MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED. THIS SYSTEM, AN AGENCY FOR TRANSMITTING POLITICAL DOCTRINE, FORMS A PART OF THE VAST NETWORK OF FORMAL POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE MASS MEDIA, AGITATION, AND COMMUNIST PARTY LEADERSHIP…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Bibliographies
Zilliax, John – Minnesota English Journal, 1968
Removing a disadvantaged student from his environment and giving him the advantages of a middle-class education may be a mixed blessing for him educationally. Yet many compensatory summer programs, including Project ABC (A Better Chance) at Carleton College (Minnesota), appear to have caused no deleterious effects. The summer programs are intended…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conformity, Descriptive Writing, Educationally Disadvantaged
O'Donnell, Michael P. – 1975
Designed primarily as a guide for teachers at the secondary level and in adult basic education, the book summarizes basic techniques for instructing students in how to read, emphasizing continuous informal diagnosis and adaptive teaching. Chapter titles include: Stages of Development, providing an overview of the basics of the reading process and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bibliographies, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Cleveland Public Schools, OH. Div. of Research and Development. – 1975
The program evaluated was developed to assist teachers in providing students with opportunities to become successful users of content materials through the installation and reinforcement of independent study skills. Lessons using high interest items in social studies content with emphasis on improving cognitive processes were designed for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
Peer reviewedGee, Thomas C.; Rakow, Steven J. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Presents results of a survey of 37 university-level content reading specialists in which the specialists listed teaching practices that content teachers could incorporate into their teaching to help students learn from texts. Recommends: (1) using multiple texts; (2) using study guides; (3) teaching metacognitive strategies; and (4) direct…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study, Learning Processes
Gunning, Thomas G. – 1998
Although grounded in theory and research, this book is a practical text that specifies how to assess students and how to use assessment results to provide effective instruction for low achieving readers and writers. Forty sample lessons, described in step-by-step fashion, cover virtually every major skill or strategy. The emphasis is on teaching…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergent Literacy, Informal Reading Inventories
Peer reviewedCorno, Lyn; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1981
Treatment and aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) effects were assessed on grade 3 student self-appraisal data relating to self-esteem, attitude, anxiety, and locus of control. In particular, parent instruction in learning skills resulted in significantly higher average scores on student self-esteem and attitude and lower scores on anxiety.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Anxiety, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Grade 3
