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Collins, Linda – 1987
A study investigated what effect, if any, a planned program of writing activities had on reading comprehension. A group of second grade students from Linden Elementary School, West Virginia, were the subjects. Subjects were divided into a control (12 students) and an experimental (13 students) group. Both groups were given a pretest and a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedReading Teacher, 1988
Describes various activities designed for use in the reading classroom, including (1) cooperative learning activities; (2) reading and writing activities; (3) ways to improve comprehension; and (4) ways to encourage independent reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedHeller, Mary F. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Describes a Language Experience Approach (LEA) dictation given by sixth-grade remedial readers, and discusses some weaknesses in using LEA to teach remedial reading. Explains how LEA can be modified to produce a more effective model for reading comprehension and writing instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Dictation, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Language Experience Approach
Elmquist, Elizabeth – 1987
A practicum was implemented to improve the sight-word vocabulary and attitudes toward reading among 22 second-grade students reading below grade level. The program took approximately 45 minutes a day, 2 days a week. The language experience approach was used in conjunction with word processors. The different types of activities included dictated…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 2, Language Experience Approach
Clewell, Suzanne F., Ed.; Wagoner, Shirley A., Ed. – 1990
Intended for reading professionals, this yearbook contains 13 articles dealing with reading and allied fields divided into 2 sections: "Issues" and "Practices." The following articles focus on issues: "Wish Fulfillment and Other Dangers in Reading" (Joan Develin Coley); "Emergent Reading Research: Synthesis and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Experience Approach
Lumpkin, Donavon, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Articles in this yearbook contribute to a broad perspective of changing concepts of reading, each focusing attention on an area of major factors exercising current impact on reading and on the education of reading teachers. The articles and their authors are as follows: "Learning from Text" (T. Estes); "Untying the Gordian Knot" (W. Blanton and G.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Experience Approach
Leahy, Peg – 1989
To measure the effectiveness of the computer based instructional system designed to develop the writing and reading skills of kindergarten and first grade students, Writing to Read (WTR), which was implemented by three Kettering (Ohio) Elementary Schools in l988 and three more in 1989, was examined in five areas related to the program. Results…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedFreeman, Ruth H.; Freeman, Gerald G. – Reading Psychology, 1987
Examines different approaches to reading acquisition used in four first grades of a suburban elementary school. Supports the use of a language experience approach as a viable alternative to the basal reader approach for teaching reading and writing. (JK)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Language Arts
