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| Reading World | 9 |
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| Journal Articles | 9 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 3 |
| Information Analyses | 3 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedNist, Sherrie L. – Reading World, 1983
Discusses research related to the relationship between interest in reading materials and reading achievement. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Attitudes, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedSmith, Christine – Reading World, 1983
Concludes that a course in reading based on reading as a communication process improved the reading comprehension of college students. Discusses the various components of the course. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedHeerman, Charles E. – Reading World, 1983
Concludes that greater attention must be paid to program evaluation, differential treatment models must be identified that address sequence of treatment within a semester and across several semesters, and reading research must be reconceptualized along the lines of retention research if college reading instruction is to be effective. (FL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Predictor Variables, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedMottley, Reed R.; McNinch, George H. – Reading World, 1984
Examines the extent to which elementary school principals perceive themselves as performing specific reading supervision or administration behaviors connected with teachers, students, policy, or the community. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Principals
Peer reviewedCleland, Craig J. – Reading World, 1983
Argues that, apart from the students themselves, clinicians and parents are the most important elements in determining the success or failure of the reading clinic. Discusses the unique strengths of each group. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedRauch, Sidney J. – Reading World, 1982
Offers 22 characteristics of a good reading lesson and suggests that administrators keep four things in mind when observing a reading lesson: motivation, clarification, application, and satisfaction. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Observation Criteria, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedRauch, Sidney J.; Sanacore, Joseph – Reading World, 1984
Annotates 21 sources of information about the role of effective administrative leadership in the school reading program. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Peer reviewedSakiey, Elizabeth – Reading World, 1980
Discusses the selection and training of student tutors for college reading programs, the supervision of tutors, and studies of the effectiveness of college-level peer tutoring programs. (GT)
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, Higher Education, Peer Teaching
Peer reviewedManning, Gary L.; Manning, Maryann – Reading World, 1981
Elementary school principals who have excellent reading programs believe that they should help teachers plan inservice activities in reading, participate with their teachers in those activities, give support to teachers in the reading program, know what comprises an excellent reading program, and establish close communication with parents. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Parent School Relationship
