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PDF pending restorationEdiger, Marlow – 1996
Reading teachers and specialists have a difficult task in determining which components need to be emphasized in a quality reading program. Vital goals need to be achieved, experiences and activities must capture learner interest, and sequence in learning and organization of subject matter must guide student integration of knowledge. The scope of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Language Experience Approach
Download full textHARRIS, ALBERT J.; MORRISON, COLEMAN
THIS STUDY IS PART OF THE CRAFT READING PROJECT OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH IS INVESTIGATING THE READING PROGRESS OF DISADVANTAGED URBAN NEGRO CHILDREN. IN THE PRESENT STUDY, CHILDREN IN GRADES ONE, TWO, AND THREE, WITH AND WITHOUT PREVIOUS KINDERGARTEN EXPERIENCE, WERE TAUGHT READING BY TWO BASIC METHODS, EACH DIVIDED INTO TWO…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Reading Newsreport, 1971
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Grade 1, Grade 2, Language Experience Approach
Buckner, John H.; And Others – Graduate Student Association Journal, 1978
This study compared the first grade reading comprehension and vocabulary scores of children who were exposed to a Language Experience Approach in kindergarten to the scores of children who participated in a traditional kindergarten reading readiness program. Two groups of 22 students each were matched for sex and for scores on standardized reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Followup Studies, Kindergarten, Language Experience Approach
DYKSTRA, ROBERT – 1967
THE RESULTS OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM IN FIRST GRADE READING INSTRUCTION AT THE END OF SECOND GRADE ARE REPORTED. THE SECOND-GRADE PHASE WAS CONCERNED WITH (1) THE EXTENT TO WHICH READINESS SKILLS ARE RELATED TO READING ACHIEVEMENT AT THE END OF SECOND GRADE, (2) HOW THE VARIOUS METHODS OF INSTRUCTION COMPARE IN…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 2, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Language Experience Approach
Stahl, Steven A.; Miller, Patricia D. – 1988
To examine the effects of the language experience approach (LEA) on beginning reading achievement, a study analyzed five projects conducted as part of the United States Office of Education first grade studies and 32 additional studies comparing basal reading approaches to LEA. Using two methods of quantitative synthesis (vote-counting and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
Schoener, John E.; Schwager, Istar – 1979
This is an evaluation of a program designed to improve the reading skills of Title I eligible children in grades 4-6 through the integration of a total art program with a total reading program. A total of 1,176 New York City school children were served by the program, which was conducted by the Board of Education in association with five city…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
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
Wallace, Michael B. – 1987
The Success in Reading and Writing Program used in the District of Columbia Public Schools in 1985-86 is described and evaluated. The program, used in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade, employed a variety of materials, as well as the students' own writing. Instruction lasted approximately 2.5 hours each school day. The program connected reading…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitude Measures, Elementary Education, English Curriculum
Way, Flo – 1982
This revised evaluation supplement to the "DOVACK Method for Teaching Reading Project Report" corrects errors in the report's original evaluation supplement with respect to the results of the 72-day and 108-day DOVACK Random Sample Vocabulary Recognition Tests employed to measure the effectiveness of DOVACK as a language experience…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach
Way, Florine L. – 1972
The DOVACK Reading System was field tested on 391 low income, minority, elementary and secondary students over a period of 3 years. The objectives were to test the system for its adaptability to the populations for which it was designed, its effectiveness in meeting goals and objectives, and its economic feasibility on a larger scale. Using five…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Stauffer, Russell G., Ed. – 1967
Twenty-seven summaries of first-grade reading studies sponsored by the United States Office of Education are included. The studies, done in the 1964-65 school year, were made in different localities, and each was concerned with a different problem. More than one-half of the directors were full-time college professors; a few were senior authors of…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1987
Focusing on remedial reading instruction for primary level students (grades K-3), this handbook presents training materials for teachers and coordinators of Chapter 1 reading programs. After a discussion on the nature and purpose of the program, the handbook describes a model of Chapter 1 programming, presenting three combined approaches that are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Style, Holistic Approach
Feitelson, Dina – 1988
Creating a link between current research findings and classroom practice, this book analyzes, compares, and critiques prevalent classroom strategies in beginning reading instruction in light of expertise available in other countries. The book begins with a section on "Points of Departure," consisting of three chapters:…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design
