Part 1 of a study designed to investigate the effects of individual goal-setting conferences on attitude toward reading and on reading achievement includes the introduction, review of literature, and descriptions of methods and results. Two parallel studies were conducted, the first using third and fourth graders and the second using first and…

Part 2 of a study designed to investigate the effects of individual goal-setting conferences on attitude toward reading and on reading achievement reports discussion of the findings, appendixes including materials and tests used, and a bibliography. Two parallel studies were conducted, the first using third and fourth graders and the second using…

"Trends," a publication of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, is a collection of abstracts on selected subjects affecting adult education; this issue is on adult basic education (ABE). It covers teachers and teacher training, psychological factors relating to the ABE teacher and students, manuals for teachers, instructional…

English teachers must teach the reading skills which high school students need to handle informational reading matter and the more thoughtful magazines on the market, as well as the materials every adult encounters on the job or in pursuing a hobby. They must concern themselves with teaching students to read nonfiction prose for the following…

Entries in this selected annotated bibliography of instructional literacy materials are divided among three stages of prevocational or adult basic education: (1) the introductory stage (readability levels 1-3); (2) the elementary stage (Levels 4-6; (3) the intermediate stage (levels 7-9). Areas covered include English as a second language,…

This 1967 Annual State Summary Report of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Projects describes Maryland's objectives for educating disadvantaged children. Projects were aimed at improving reading and language arts skills, test performance, verbal and nonverbal communication and strengthening the student's concept of himself and his…

The Region One Curriculum Kit (ROCK) was utilized as part of a preschool instructional program during the 1968-69 school year. This report presents an assessment of the program. Four groups of Spanish-speaking students were tested by the Michael Test of Oral English Production. Three of the groups utilized the ROCK materials which are designed to…

This revised edition of the author's 1958 publication, aimed to "help teachers or language specialists make the transition from linguistic and educational theory to actual teaching practice," includes the following units: (1) Planning for Language Teaching and Learning, (2) Teaching English as a Second Language, (3) General Methods of Teaching,…

This paper serves as an introduction to help librarians and teachers better understand and explain to others the scope of the Right to Read program, its many facets, and its demand for the right combination of professional and non-professional initiatives. Areas of activity which must be tackled to improve reading motivation, skill, and…

Based on one school district's project for the the 1973-74 school term, this report covers the activities of 10 rural North Carolina schools involved in an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, reading laboratory program during its fifth year of operation. Contents of the report include an analysis of the district's needs, a sketch of…

A scientific approach to the teaching of reading is provided in this book. The chapters are: "Psychological Factors in Word Recognition,""Factors in Reading Ability,""Preparatory Period in Learning to Read,""A Psychological Analysis of Reading Methods,""Organization of Reading in Infant Classes,""Organization of Reading in Junior…

This article deals with the initial phase of a teacher preparation model for first semester college juniors whose career goal was to be a special educator. The McKay Campus School is an IGE (Individually Guided Education) school. The college interns worked with students aged 6 to 14. The integrated program allowed for the operation of IGE on two…

An analysis of the statewide evaluation reports of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, program in California for 1971-72 indicated general findings regarding each of several components: Title I students at all grade levels, on an average, attained more than one month's growth in reading skills for each month of…

This yearbook contains the papers presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the North Central Reading Association. The titles and authors of the papers included are: "Speed Reading vs. Effective Developmental Reading" by Lester Van Gilder; "Counseling and Reading, Their Interrelationship" by Boyd Jackson; "Recent Research in College and Adult…

This article is an account of the author's first year of work in an open concept second grade class. The author's classroom experiences related to discipline, instruction, student teachers, materials, field trips, reading, art projects, and organization of a school store are discussed. Specific books and chapters the author found beneficial for…