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Topics: Reading And Reading Improvement, Reading (Higher education), Developmental reading
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Topics: Reading (Higher education), College reading improvement programs, Vocabulary -- Study and teaching...
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Topics: Reading (Higher education), Developmental reading, Reading -- Remedial teaching, College reading...
This brochure prepared by the National Right-to-Read Effort of the United States Office of Education suggests ways for individuals, organizations, and communities to assist in the solution of the nation's reading problems. The contents include: "Planning Steps," which reviews sources of information such as schools, libraries, service organizations, churches, welfare offices, employment agencies, volunteer bureaus, and institutions; "Action Steps to Help Right to Read," which...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Information Dissemination, Organizations (Groups), Reading, Reading Development,...
The study investigated ways of increasing reading rates by nine blind adults using the Optacon (Optical to Tactile Converter), a portable reading aid for the blind that converts the image of the printed letter into a pattern of vibrating rods. Ss' reading rates were examined when using instructional materials emphasizing linguistic structure, the cloze procedure, and simultaneous input of auditory information. Data of tape recorded oral reading samples are detailed in separate graphs for each...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Blindness, Electromechanical Aids, Exceptional Child Research, Reading...
This brochure discusses the "Read to Achieve" initiative undertaken by the state of Colorado because Colorado faces a literacy challenge. The brochure first states the problem and then proposes the solution (Read to Achieve). It uses a colorful, easy-to-see graphic design to show how the initiative works. The brochure contends that children who receive the help they need to become proficient readers: they succeed in school; are prepared to master complex subjects; are more likely to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Literacy, Reading Achievement, Reading...
These stories formed a series in the Greensboro, North Carolina, "News-Record" describing a school system's attempts to prevent reading failure. The themes of the articles include the following: the implementation of the Right to Read program in an elementary school; a diagnostic reading center which is an alternative, a supplement, and a prod for a cooperative effort to help children read; the five steps through which students progress in the Right to Read diagnostic-prescriptive...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reading, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading...
GRADES OR AGES: Grade 1. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide, an addendum to the main Reading Skills Reference Guide, has preliminary sections explaining the recommended use of worksheets and workbooks, methods of grouping, and testing information. Additional materials for skill development and aids for checking specific skills are presented in the form of charts. The guide is offset printed and spiral-bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 1, Reading Improvement,...
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Topics: Reading (Higher education), College reading improvement programs, Vocabulary -- Study and teaching,...
This issue of a monthly serial publication of the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP), which is available only online in PDF Format, examines efforts underway in Colorado, Maryland, and Montgomery County, Maryland to increase student achievement in reading (related to Goal 3 of the NEGP). After an overview, it discusses Colorado's efforts to produce fluent readers by third grade, focusing on state legislation establishing standards. It then discusses Maryland's efforts to boost reading...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Professional Development, Reading...
Describing the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) program and its mission to promote and support the continual improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast, this paper discusses ways that teachers can decipher their students' progress in reading to help further develop students' reading skills. It is based on site visits to 18 schools endorsed as having strong reading programs. After a brief overview, it summarizes 10 needs and strategies for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs,...
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Topics: Reading (Higher education), Reading comprehension, Content area reading, College reading...
This document consists of 11 brochures developed for the Right to Read program in Tennessee. Each brochure addresses a different topic. "Introduction" discusses the program's objectives and an effective developmental reading program; "A Positive Approach" looks at why many students fail to become efficient readers and discusses the development of a positive and balanced reading program; "What Is Reading" discusses the reading process; "Language Development:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Basic Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading...
Reading is the basis for learning and school success. While reading is learned primarily in the classroom, many students need extra time and help. Research shows that tutoring is a great way for individuals and groups outside school to support learning, but effective tutoring requires appropriate training and careful planning. This brochure, written in both English and Spanish, presents some basic tips for reading tutors. The brochure begins by citing ways in which tutoring helps the learner...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Difficulties,...
The contents of this Right to Read report for the fiscal year 1974 include: "Preface"; "Right to Read--Its Purposes and Goals," which briefly discusses the organization, the major goals, agencies, and programs, and interrelated services or branches of the Right to Read effort; "State Education Agencies," which looks at Right to Read states, state education agencies' operation during 1974, and state education agencies' projections for 1975; "Demonstration...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading, Reading Development, Reading...
This report describes a study of the relationship of instructional process and program organization to pupils' learning in Title I compensatory education projects, as measured by the Stanford Reading Test. This is the first attempt to apply economic input/output methodology to compensatory education. Personnel in 42 projects in 37 California school districts were interviewed to obtain detailed data on teaching strategies, individual instruction time per pupil, intensity of instruction, patterns...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compensatory Education, Learning Processes, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement,...
A READING AND STUDY SKILLS PROGRAM INITIATED IN SEPTEMBER, 1959, IN THE CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELES IS DESCRIBED. THE DISTRICT IS COMPOSED OF FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS WITH A TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 6,000 STUDENTS. PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM IS REQUIRED AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH CLASSES. THE PROGRAM BEGINS WITH A PERIOD OF MOTIVATION AND ORIENTATION WHICH INCLUDES A PHYSICAL CHECKUP BY THE SCHOOL NURSE. IT CONTINUES WITH AN 8-WEEK...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Reading Programs,...
This article on what principals should know about reading addresses the issue of how to prepare students to become competent lifelong readers. It lays the foundation for bringing about high gains in reading motivation and achievement, and presents five basic premises and sets of recommendations for each premise. The premises are: (1) children learn from modeling; (2) it is natural for children to enjoy reading and to be motivated to read; (3) learning to read should be easy and fun; (4) good...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading...
The seven papers in this booklet include "Continuous Progress in Reading," which discusses managing continuing progress programs, clarifies the rationale underlying continuous progress programs, outlines a developmental checklist of objectives, and offers suggestions for arranging for continuous assessment of progress and providing for personalized teaching; "Criterion Referenced Evaluation Applied to Reading," which discusses a definition of criterion referenced testing,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Reports, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement, Reading...
This Project Information Package (PIP) has been designed to provide teachers with the information needed to teach in the Discovery through Reading Project, originally developed by the Clarkston School District in Michigan. The Project uses a modified tutorial approach for second- and third-grade students who encounter reading difficulties in their regular classrooms. All of the information contained in the manual originated in the experience of the staff members who used the techniques and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Primary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation, Reading...
This booklet presents the proceedings of the Administrators' Conference of the New England Consortium for the Right to Read. The reports of most sessions are given in summary form. However, the keynote address is presented in lengthier form as a resource for those who wish to use the ideas presented in developing a master plan. The contents include "What Is Right to Read and What Can It Do for Us?""Launching the Right to Read Effort: What Help Is Needed?""What...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Role, Conference Reports, Reading, Reading Improvement, Reading...
This handbook prepared by the Alabama State Right to Read staff is intended for the use of local Right to Read directors. The book is organized around the three levels at which Right to Read operates--local, state, and national. "History of Right to Read in Alabama" discusses training of state staff, criteria for a successful reading program, funding, and national goals and philosophy; "Local" lists phase one and phase two directors and discusses the role of the local Right...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrators, Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Reading, Reading...
This report discusses techniques for analyzing children's responses to questions about stories as a means of improving reading comprehension. Various sections of the report discuss what knowledge it takes for a child to answer a question; types of questions that can be asked, including explicit, those requiring prior knowledge, and implicit; how to determine a child's instructional needs and reading progress; the advantages of the techniques cited; and ways that teachers can make use of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension,...
Traditionally, reading educators' alternatives for improving students' reading comprehension have been to (a) modify the text, (b) augment the text with aids, or (c) modify the students' reading behavior. The first involves limiting the average number of words per sentence and substituting short, easy words and structures. Results with this modification are not encouraging because comprehensibility relies on more complex factors, and text changes are costly and do not necessarily help students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading...
This paper reports on the activities included in a seminar on reading which was held to discuss ways in which the International Reading Association (IRA) organizational affairs could improve professional matters dealing with reading in the European area. The contents include: "Proceedings Related to Organizational Matters," which contains introductory remarks and discusses the legal aspects of a national affiliate's relationship with the association; "Reports from National...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Reports, Meetings, Professional Associations, Reading, Reading...
Three facets of the state of Washington's Right to Read program are presented in this document. The facets include: "Guidelines for School-Based Component," which discusses goals and objectives, basic assumptions, role of the state education agency, role of the local education agency, role of the right to read consultants, role of the reading director, and evaluation and progress reporting; "School Based Component," which presents the nature and scope of funding, source and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Agencies, Guidelines, Program Design, Program Development, Reading,...
This report presents information regarding Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) guidelines as they relate to the Accelerated Reader program. The report states that a student's zone of proximal development is the range of book readability levels that will challenge a student without causing frustration or loss of motivation. It discusses factors influencing ZPD reading levels which may cause teachers to adjust individual ZPD book levels up or down, noting that the teacher's professional judgment...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability...
Outlook is CAPE's monthly newsletter. Each issue is packed with information relating to private education: new legislation and regulations, the most recent research, court rulings, national trends, federal initiatives, private school news briefs, and much more. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Report Examines Charter School/Catholic School Interplay; (2) Scholars Explore U.S. Faith-Based Schools; (3) Report Finds Strong Support for School Choice; and (4) CAPE Notes.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Charter Schools, School Choice, Catholic Schools, Private Education, Reading...
A comparison of a measure of crude gain with a measure of residual gain in individual reading improvement, as measured by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, Revised, Form A and B administered to thirty-six college freshmen, showed the residual gain method to be the more reliable assessment of reading improvement. In addition, the residual gain procedure is not affected by pre-test score differences, it provides a realistic basis for grading individual reading improvement, and it estimates inferior...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, Reading Improvement, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Two Year...
This issue of "Reading in Virginia" is intended to provide educators with information on topics related to reading instruction. The contents include: "Look, Move, Read," which discusses a reading and perceptual motor efficiency program designed to correct reading difficulties; "Teaching Reading in Virginia: Some Observations," which reports on one individual's observations in over 200 classrooms; "The Intellectual Functioning of Corrective Readers," which...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developmental Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading, Reading Improvement,...
A 9-week program examined the effectiveness of newspaper use on reading achievement among 107 secondary special education students. Ss were assigned to a control group which did not use newspapers, or to two experimental groups, one of which used incidental and one, teacher-directed newspaper reading. Results of pre- and posttests on the Peabody Individual Achievement Test indicated that experimental Ss gained an average 6.6 and 3.6 months in word recognition and 5.6 and 1.5 months in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Newspapers, Reading Achievement,...
The purpose of this project was to provide trained, indigenous, paraprofessional instructors who deliver prescribed reading instruction in homes to those disadvantaged adults who would not or could not participate in other adult education programs. This report is divided into two major sections: program summary and Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) evaluation design. The program summary presents a narrative of the major activities and concepts of the Right to Read projects and discusses...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Reading Programs, Disadvantaged, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Reading,...
For most people, it is easy to learn to read faster. A reading rate is often just a matter of habit. To change some habits, try these tips: (1) pay attention when reading and read as if it really matters; (2) do not talk either silently or aloud while reading; (3) read in thought groups or phrases of 3-4 words, especially in complete clauses and prepositional phrases; (4) do not keep re-reading the same phrases; and (5) vary the reading rate to suit the difficulty and type of writing of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement, Reading...
This paper delineates some major federal efforts concerning reading, namely, the activities of the National Institute of Education (NIE), the role of the U.S. Office of Education (USOE), and implications of Title VII of the Education Amendments of 1974. The impact of these agencies and legislation on the community is also examined. NIE is designated to conduct basic research in reading and disseminate the results to educators and parents; USOE's Right to Read program focuses on the community;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Benefits, Community Programs, Federal Government, Financial Support,...
The Reading First initiative is a central part of the federal "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001. Reading First's primary goal is to improve reading instruction and student performance in kindergarten through grade 3. By March 2003 only half of the 50 state plans had been approved for funding. Approved states included seven Southern Regional Education Board states--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Lessons learned by these states during the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Planning, Primary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading...
Progress charts are an effective means of dramatizing student effort and improvement in reading and are especially important for remedial reading students, who need concrete evidence of progress. Remedial reading students often need extrinsic reward, and since reading is a complex act, progress charts lend themselves to the element of reward and to the recording of successes in specific reading skills. Student involvement and choice of theme are important in progress chart construction. Charts...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Charts, Elementary Education, Incentives, Motivation Techniques, Reading Improvement,...
One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs...," this program is designed for those students who are reading below grade level. The program serves 500 ninth-grade students from a residential area of a large city. The students are predominantly white and from middle-income families. The objective of the course is to develop the student's basic study skills, sight vocabulary, word attack skills, and reading comprehension. Instruction is under the supervision of a reading...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Grade 9, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Remedial...
This report addresses the state of the art of research on teaching reading comprehension by (1) describing the nature and distribution of research in teaching reading comprehension in the context of stated or implied instructional goals; (2) considering issues of methodological significance as they emerge; and (3) suggesting some reasonable guidelines for future research in accord with rising research interests and alternative approaches to investigation. The literature on teaching reading...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading...
Examples from the evaluation of a program in which data collection systems were developed jointly by the program's staff and evaluators are described. The Louisiana SPUR (Special Plan Upgrading Reading) Project was evaluated by the Louisiana Department of Education Bureau of Evaluation. SPUR involves 63 of the state's 66 public school systems and is implemented by a field-based staff of approximately 60 technical assistants. The size and geographic dispersion of the program led to several...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators,...
In years past, Maryland has provided little guidance toward adoption and implementation of Scientifically Based Reading Research (SBRR) programs. Only recently, with the implementation of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration program and the Reading Excellence Act (REA) program, have schools or local education agencies been required to adopt and implement programs that are research based. Programs most frequently funded with these federal funds include Direct Instruction, Open Court,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Primary Education, Reading Improvement,...
Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history in order to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives, according to the International Reading Association, which also notes, "Adolescents need high levels of literacy to understand the vast amount of information available to them, and to fuel their imaginations so they can create the world of the future." However,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Literacy, Vocational Education, Academic Achievement, Reading...
This booklet summarizes forty-two Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.)research reports, highlighting the major features of each study. With minor variation, usually resulting from an absence of complete information, each abstract indicates the number and type of students involved, their grade level, and how they were assigned to experimental or control groups. The reading materials used by each of the groups, the comparability and specific training of teachers, as well as how they were assigned...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Literature Reviews, Reading, Reading...
The suggestions in this booklet on teaching students to read came from successful veteran teachers who are trying to help other teachers to improve their teaching skills. The 58 ideas are arranged according to the following topics: (1) tips on encouraging young students to read, (2) tips on encouraging teenagers to read, (3) tips for content area teachers to use with junior high school students, (4) tips for content area teachers to use with remedial students, (5) what to do when the text is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading...
This pamphlet describes the Texas Reading Initiative, a comprehensive plan aimed at improving reading instruction in Texas and begun after a challenge was issued by Governor George W. Bush that each and every child must learn to read. It lists the 8 key elements that were established to guide the initiative (including increasing awareness of students' reading skill levels in K-3, showcasing model reading programs, motivating school districts to make pro-reading decisions, and stimulating...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Achievement,...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of prescribed literature on the reader's self-reliance. The subjects were 36 sixth grade children from the ages of eleven to thirteen. Pretest and posttest measures of self-reliance were made by the California Test of Personality and the Teacher Rating Scale. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of three groups: bibliotherapy, recreational reading, or control. The bibliotherapy group was given prescribed literature intended to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Development, Bibliotherapy, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment,...
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Topics: Reading (Higher education), College reading improvement programs, Vocabulary -- Study and teaching,...
This document lists several prerequisites required for reading, especially those that relate to English as a Second Language students. The prerequisites listed include; the concept of print, which discusses the importance of a student being aware that printed material conveys thought through words which are at least similar, if not identical to oral speech; a knowledge of the graphic system, which emphasizes that the student must be able both to recognize that a graphic symbol is or is not a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, English (Second Language), Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Development, Reading...
This application, under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act covers the following areas: "Needs Assessment," which looks at how priority needs were determined, the use of standardized tests data, and the priority needs of educationally disadvantaged children; "Project Planning," which discusses eligible attendance areas, planning effect involving other agencies and other federal programs, and children from nonpublic schools; "District Wide Parent...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Reading, Reading Improvement, Reading...
This paper discusses the TV Reading Program in Philadelphia and Mount Vernon which encourages the development of auditory-vocal behaviors without preempting the English, social studies, or science curricula. The program in both districts fosters practice in expressing standard grammar orally. Teachers in the TV Reading Program work from prepared scripts, giving students precise definitions for the vocabulary found in the scripts. Students dramatize the scripts, reciting responses in unison....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Television, Language Acquisition, Reading, Reading Improvement, Reading...
