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Direct linkPullen, Paige C.; Tuckwiller, Elizabeth D.; Ashworth, Kristen; Lovelace, Shelly P.; Cash, Deanna – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
Concerns regarding literacy levels in the United States are long standing. Debates have existed for decades regarding the most effective ways to teach reading, especially the polarizing dilemma of how much to focus on decoding versus code-emphasis and whole language instruction. Fortunately, as a result of concentrated research efforts and…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Reading Difficulties, Beginning Reading, Reading Failure
Dixon-Krauss, Lisbeth; Januszka, Cynthia M.; Chae, Chan-Ho – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2010
This study reports the construction of the Dialogic Reading Inventory (DRI), a tool for assessing a parent and child's storybook reading behaviors. Twenty-three parent-child dyads participated in the study. The Adult-Child Interactive Reading Inventory (DeBruin-Parecki, 1999) items were grouped into four categories and revised to reflect current…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Test Items, Early Reading, Phonological Awareness
Smith, Frank; Goodman, Kenneth S. – Language Arts, 2008
Ken Goodman and Frank Smith met for the first time in 1970, though they had each been studying and writing, separately, about the reading process for several years prior to that. They commemorated the occasion by collaborating on an article, On the Psycholinguistic Method of Teaching Reading which appeared soon after in The Elementary School…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Psycholinguistics, Reading, Reading Processes
Robins, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study investigated the divergence in beginning reading methods between the United States (US) and England from 1998 to 2010. Researchers, policy makers, and publishers were interviewed to explore their knowledge and perceptions concerning how literacy policy was determined. The first three of twelve findings showed that despite the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Phonics, Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries
Pitcher, Brandy; Fang, Zhihui – Literacy, 2007
Over the past decade in the United States, levelled texts, or "little books" with finely graduated levelling of text difficulty, have regained their status as a literacy staple for beginning readers. Despite their resurgence, questions remain regarding the reliability and quality of these books. In this study, we conducted a detailed…
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Reading Materials, Beginning Reading, Reader Text Relationship
Ollila, Lloyd O., Ed. – 1981
Various aspects of beginning reading programs in six countries are discussed in the five articles in this booklet. In the first article, the principles and methods of instruction used in Sweden are described and trends in beginning reading instruction are noted. The importance of a verbal environment, teacher competence, and early diagnosis in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textCutts, Warren G., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
This bulletin is based upon a conference on beginning reading instruction which brought together professional leaders in the field of reading and related disciplines. Their purpose was to report on research and to review a variety of practices on primary reading. Keynoting the conference, one of America's foremost reading authorities gives a…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Preschool Children, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Westheimer, Miriam, Ed. – 2003
Begun in Israel in 1960, the HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) program is a family support, parent-focused, early childhood literacy program. This book compiles 17 evaluation studies of the program, from researchers and practitioners in 7 countries. The studies are organized around five themes: exploring theoretical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods
Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – 2000
This book contains eight papers on adult learning and literacy. "The Year 1998 in Review" (Fran Tracy-Mumford) examines educational legislation and policy and developments in adult education program development, program accountability, strategic alliances and partnerships, and instructional methodologies and technologies. "Lessons…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Worthy, Jo, Ed.; Maloch, Beth, Ed.; Hoffman, James V., Ed.; Schallert, Diane L., Ed.; Fairbanks, Colleen M., Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2004
This volume presents the 53rd Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). The papers in this Yearbook reflect NRC's practice of pursuing not only traditionally important topics in literacy but also many issues that may not be deemed worthy of funding and government attention. Rather than a narrowing of the field, the submitted manuscripts,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Yearbooks, Foreign Countries, Literacy
