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Virginia State Dept. of Volunteerism, Richmond. – 1989
This document is the official guide for teaching English Language Arts in the elementary schools of Canada's Northwest Territories. It reflects a student-centered, process-oriented, integrated and culture-based approach. It emphasizes teaching language (whether it be English or aboriginal) in meaningful, interactive contexts and evaluating…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Context, Curriculum Guides
Thrash, Blanche Carter – 1992
The purpose of this study was to investigate the services provided by elementary and middle school media centers to support whole language instruction, and to determine how the media program contributes to the goals, resources, and teaching strategies of the whole language movement. The population for the study included all 81 elementary and 15…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
Download full textEvans, Deborah J. – 1992
A practicum was designed to increase the instructional options chosen by classroom teachers in order to create meaningful connections between reading and writing for elementary students. Teachers in the target school were experiencing difficulty in translating theory into effective classroom practice. In response to a teacher needs assessment,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Descriptions
Greer, Julia T. – 1994
A month-long study examined students' attitudes toward aspects of a specific reading workshop based on the whole language theory of instruction. Of the 23 students in a fifth-grade classroom, 11 became part of the experimental group who participated in the process which incorporated four primary aspects of language arts: reading, writing,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
This booklet presents a qualitative evaluation of the Simi Star Project, which sought to demonstrate the use of a Writing to Read adaptation that supports a literature-based, whole language, writing process environment within kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. After a description of the questions that the evaluation asked, the booklet…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Wartenberg, Arlene D. – 1994
This paper was designed to show that the two seemingly disparate concepts of andragogy (the study of how adults learn) and whole language are compatible and should be considered by planners and implementers of adult literacy programs. Guiding principles that both andragogy and whole language share are: (1) active participation of learners; (2) use…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Andragogy, Language Experience Approach
Brunner, Michael S. – 1993
A survey was undertaken to provide a profile of current reading programs in juvenile correctional facilities. Data were gathered to determine whether "illiterates" exist in the juvenile correctional facilities; if oral comprehension is better than reading comprehension; what approaches and strategies are used for teaching word…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Juvenile Justice, National Surveys, Phonics
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1993
A study investigated teachers' and staff developers' perceptions and assessment of the Whole Language Network (which assists teachers in using the whole language approach), the support provided to participants, changes in teaching and assessment practices, and the effects of such changes on student attitudes and achievement. A total of 164…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Faculty Development
Jenkins, Melissa R. – 1994
A study examined the differences in first-grade students' attitudes about reading/writing when teachers taught by using ability grouping or when teachers taught by using whole language instruction. Two questionnaires were distributed to four teachers, one requesting information on use of reading/writing instruction in the classroom, and the other…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Research, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
Ahlberg, Janet; And Others – 1992
These guides are designed for use by early childhood teachers in conjunction with four popular children's books, providing teachers with lesson plans and activities to develop their students' thinking skills. Each guide focuses on a specific book and skill as follows: (1) the guide for "The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters" emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education
Hutchings, Meredith – 1986
The argument is advanced that many literacy materials, such as basal readers and workbooks, do not allow literacy students to learn to read and write in the daily context in which the skills will be used, and an alternative is described. The limitations of phonics-based materials and the resulting controlled vocabulary of readers and workbooks…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
Hodges, Carol A. – 1990
This study compared teacher-rated classroom ability groupings with total reading scores reported on standardized tests. Kindergarten teachers divided their students into three groups according to how well they had mastered a set of criteria which the teachers felt represented the successful reader and writer at the end of kindergarten. Results…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Emergent Literacy
Thompson, Deborah L.; Meeks, Jane W. – 1990
A study examined teachers' familiarity with selected multi-ethnic literature and their use of it in literature-based classrooms. A questionnaire surveyed 50 elementary teachers of whom 30 were from a K-5 inner city elementary school with a literature-based reading program, and 20 were classroom teachers completing requirements for a graduate…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Ethnic Groups
Herrmann, Beth Ann; Sarracino, Jeri – 1991
A study examined the efffect of a restructured preservice literacy methods course on the attitudes and beliefs of three preservice teachers. The major goals of the restructured course were to develop substantive and lasting changes in the preservice teachers' conceptual understandings and theoretical perspectives about literacy teaching, and to…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Carbone, Vincent J. – 1991
A practicum was designed to train staff to improve (over an 8-month period) the literacy and reading skills of 60 delinquent adolescent boys residing in a juvenile correction facility. Most of the boys residing at the training school had poor school histories characterized by reading achievement scores several grade levels below their peers and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation, High Risk Students
