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Download full textSzabo, Susan, Ed.; Morrison, Timothy, Ed.; Martin, Linda, Ed.; Boggs, Merry, Ed.; Raine, I. LaVerne, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2010
For its 53rd annual meeting, the Association of Educators and Researchers met in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Marriott Charlotte City Center. This year's conference theme was "Building Literacy Communities", which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 32. This organization has long been the home of some of the nation's…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Influence of Technology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Seabrook, John H., Ed. – Community College Humanities Review, 1992
Designed as a forum for the exchange of ideas on significant issues in the humanities, this annual journal presents articles written by two-year college faculty in the humanities disciplines. The 1992 issue includes the following: (1) "Broken Glass: America's Racial Nationalists Speak," by Paul J. Devendittis; (2) "Theatre on the Moving South…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, History, Humanities
Humphrey, Jack W. – 1992
A study examined the status of reading in Indiana's public schools. Questionnaires were returned by 460 of the state's 615 public middle, junior, and senior high schools. Results indicated that: (1) new book acquisitions in Indiana's school library media center book collections were only about one-fourth of the recommended number needed to keep…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Library Collection Development, Library Role, Middle Schools
Pace, Gwyn L. – 1989
Based on a review of the research literature, this paper gives a rationale and guidelines for a sixth-grade literature-enriched reading program. The first part looks at social trends and alternative points of view with respect to the problem of those social trends. The second section presents the rationale and the literature review. The third…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 focus on programs that provide training and professional development opportunities for teachers under Title V, and Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning under Title I. Attention is directed to problems confronting the teaching profession at all educational levels and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Thompson, Stephen J. – 1986
Prepared for college-level secondary reading course instructors and others involved with preservice and inservice teacher education, this paper introduces the Information Exchange as a vehicle for sharing resources in an effort to meet secondary reading certification requirements. A statement outlining these requirements, supplemented by Appendix…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Sources
Miller, Janet A. – 1987
A survey examined the attitudes of reading teachers to determine how teachers felt about (1) their undergraduate education in reading and their undergraduate reading instructors, (2) any graduate instructors or professional reading educators, and (3) their own teaching strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the study investigated the attitudes of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Rush, R. Timothy – 1986
The lack of emphasis on occupational literacy competencies in most public school reading curricula leaves students poorly prepared for the demands of the workplace. Most jobs require mastery of the following literacy competencies: technical vocabulary; locating and using information; following directions; and self-monitoring of comprehension and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Content Area Reading
Woodley, John W.; Smith, R. Lee – 1988
Methods used to diagnose a seven-year old boy's reading problems illustrate the fact that reading assessments based upon a reader's strengths and a reader's understanding and control of the process will provide information which is more useful to teachers and parents than that provided by the numerical results of standardized tests. After Andrew,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Informal Reading Inventories, Primary Education
Marockie, Henry; And Others – 1987
Investigating the effects of a 1984 West Virginia State Board of Education (WVBE) policy which specified the use of instructional time, a study examined the effects of this policy on reading instruction in the primary grades by surveying a random representative sample of primary teachers and principals in West Virginia. In September 1986, 410…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Ketcham, Clay A., Ed. – 1961
The proceedings of the fourth annual meeting of the College Reading Association (a fledgling organization in 1961 when this meeting was held) consisted of two symposia, a number of papers, and special reports on research related to reading, as follows: (1) "Opening Remarks" (Albert J. Mazurkiewicz); (2) "Improving Reading in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Higher Education, Public Schools
Howard, Katrena C. – 1988
A qualitative study examined teachers' classroom practices and reasons behind observed practices. Subjects, four fifth grade teachers of reading who taught in different elementary schools in a large metropolitan school district, were observed during reading class time for 10 consecutive days. A profile of each participant and her teaching style…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Grade 5, Inservice Teacher Education
McNinch, George H., Ed. – 1982
Papers delivered at the second American Reading Forum are collected in this yearbook. While all of the essays focus on the theme of reading in the disciplines, many of them respond to a preceding essay. The essays and reactions cover a variety of topics, including the following: (1) a qualitative analysis of reading instruction in low level…
Descriptors: Adults, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Schwarz, Peggy M. – 1981
One of five papers discussing the humanistic model used in the training of reading teachers at City College of New York, this paper describes how the various field experiences of the developmental/remedial reading program are sequenced. Noting that the field experience courses are structured to give equal weight to the students' cognitive,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Humanization
Peer reviewedGaskins, Robert W. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Suggests, based on classroom observations, that teachers with a knowledge of reading research and the ability to organize instruction are better able to provide effective instruction for poor readers. Emphasizes the importance of increased time on reading tasks, direct instruction, and process writing activities. (ARH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Observation
