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Download full textCowen, John E., Ed. – The Reading Instruction Journal, 1980
This journal issue addresses itself to the humanism versus back to basics controversy in education by focusing on its relationship to reading skills. The eight articles explore the following issues: (1) the importance of reading skills as a foundation for any type of curriculum; (2) the necessity of some balance between teaching basic skills and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanism, Humanistic Education
Owoc, Paul, Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
Focusing on class organization, this publication reports on ideas that might improve reading skills by providing better opportunities for all children. The various articles deal with the use of reading consultants in classrooms as an alternative to "pull-out" reading programs, flexible grouping for individualized instruction, and reading…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedJund, Suzanne, Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1979
The five articles in this journal issue focus on reading instruction for atypical learners. The topics covered are: defining the atypical student, developing qualitatively different reading programs for gifted students, bibliotherapy for the atypical reader, helping students confronted with mainstreaming develop understanding of the handicapped…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Bibliotherapy, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
TECFORS, 1981
Numbers 3 through 5 of the 1981 TECFORS newsletter include these articles: "Pre-Writing Activities" (Sandra L. McKay); "Errors in Advanced-Level Discourse" (Robert B. Kaplan); "Sensory Imagery" (Elizabeth Jamison Hodges); "Introducing Advanced Concepts of Reading and Writing in the Beginning ESL Class"…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
TECFORS, 1984
Numbers 1 through 5 of the 1984 TECFORS newsletter include these articles: "The Skills that Cannot Wait: Improving the Academic Performance of Underprepared Students through Integrated Curriculum" (Laurel Corona); "Meeting Culture Shock Head On," part 2 (Michele Molinaire); "Directing First Language Reading Research toward…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, Culture Conflict
Hackler, George, Ed. – The New Campus, 1982
Ten articles on continuing professional education are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Merging Continuing Education and Inservice Teacher Education: A Concept Worth Exploring" (Alvah M. Kilgore); "Ablative Absolute Continuing Education, Ignorance Flees" (Ben J. Wiens); "Humanize! Individualize! Personalize!…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Cognitive Style, Extension Education
Yukis, Joseph F. – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
This newsletter describes the Reading Recovery program, developed in New Zealand to help low-achieving first-grade students "recover" 90 percent of average first-grade reading and writing skills after 12 to 18 weeks of intensive instruction. It is currently being implemented by school districts in the United States as well--statewide in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Instruction
