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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Houghton Mifflin's Invitations to Literacy, a commercially published, integrated reading/language arts program for use in K-6 classrooms. The program provides instructional resources that seek to: build on the foundation that students bring to school and foster home-school cooperation; hold all students to the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Nazelrod, Barbara D. – 1981
The middle school program emerged against a backdrop of criticism, awareness of changing educational necessities and values, and new insights into the needs of the middle range of the student population. The precocity of youth mixed with the pseudo-sophistication of adulthood gives the middle school its reason for existence--the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI), a research-based instructional program designed to improve students' ability to read, understand, and communicate in English. The program focuses on pre- and inservice professional development for teachers who are trained in a highly structured,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Faculty Development, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedWhitmore, Kathryn F.; Norton-Meier, Lori A. – Primary Voices K-6, 2000
Forms part of a themed issue describing "Parent-Kid-Teacher Investigators," a program in which parents, children, and teachers gather regularly to use language and literacy for action research projects. Explains the philosophy, assumptions, and intentions behind the program, and research that supports it. Offers action examples of how each belief…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Educational Philosophy
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Direct Instruction, an intensive instructional method for grades K-6 based on the theory that learning can be greatly accelerated if instructional presentations are clear, rule out likely misinterpretations and facilitate generalizations. Over 50 instructional programs have been developed based on this…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Allen, R. R.; Kellner, Robert W. – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet deals with the integrated language arts curriculum. Noting the disparity between what is advocated for and what is practiced in language arts teaching, the first section of the booklet describes an integrated…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
