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Download full textMorrison, Timothy, Ed.; Martin, Linda, Ed.; Boggs, Merry, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Haas, Leslie, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2011
For its 54th annual meeting, the Association of Educators and Researchers met in Omaha, Nebraska at the Hilton Omaha. This year's conference theme was "Literacy Promises", which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 33. This organization has long been the home of some of the nation's most notable literacy experts. At the…
Descriptors: Expertise, Conferences (Gatherings), Undergraduate Study, Reading Comprehension
Page, Glenda, Ed.; And Others – 1978
The first of a two-volume set, this monograph concentrates on a rapidly developing area of reading research, comprehension. Eleven articles cover theoretical aspects, ways of measuring comprehension, and strategies for teaching. Sense of story and its effect on comprehension and the facility to read, listen to, retell, and create stories are…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of this conference panel was to develop a research and development agenda to improve the reading and writing proficiencies of high school graduates. This panel report consists of four approaches to the problem: studies of the problems of ill-prepared high school students; surveys of the reading and writing tests used by colleges and…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Higher Education, Instructional Programs, Intervention
Niles, Jerome A., Ed.; Harris, Larry A., Ed. – 1982
Reflecting an intensified concern for good educational research on instruction, the papers in this collection demonstrate the growing awareness of and sensitivity to the classroom environment by reading researchers. The 51 articles, selected from those presented at the 1981 meeting of the National Reading Conference, are divided into the following…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The purposes of this conference panel were to suggest ways of bringing basic and applied research on reading comprehension into an interaction that would enhance both theory and practice, and to develop an approach to the design and study of instructional practice that would maximize the relevance of instructional research for both the public and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Learning Theories, Reading, Reading Comprehension
McCormick, Sandra, Ed.; Zutell, Jerry, Ed. – 1989
This yearbook contains 59 selected articles from the National Reading Conference for 1988 which represent a diversity of topics explored through a variety of research paradigms designed to increase understanding of the critical issues of language and literacy. Included in the collection are "Political and Economic Dimensions of Literacy:…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergent Literacy, Literacy
Readence, John E., Ed.; Baldwin, R. Scott, Ed. – 1987
The 30 conference papers contained in this yearbook are as follows: "Assessment, Accountability, and Professional Prerogative" (P. D. Pearson and S. Valencia); "Cloze Procedure and the Sequence of Text" (A. G. Gamarra and J. Jonz); "Factors Affecting Summary Writing and Their Impact on Reading Comprehension Assessment" (M. H. Head and R. R. Buss);…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emergent Literacy, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1979
This report presents a synthesis of a day-and-a-half interactive conference on research and development in reading attended by a group of reading specialists from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas representing their state departments of education. It includes the two presentations "A Sampling of Research Within Reach"…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Conference Reports
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The primary goal of the conference panel on modeling the reading process was to prepare a programatically related set of suggestions which could lead to a clearer account of reading and to an ability to pose successively better research questions. This panel report contains sections on the development of a model for word recognition during…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading), Models, Reading
Niles, Jerome A., Ed.; Harris, Larry A., Ed. – 1984
Reflecting current themes that researchers, by their selective attention, have indicated are important in the field of reading/language processing and instruction, this yearbook presents a collection of 51 selected research articles from the National Reading Conference for 1983. Included are the following articles, listed with their authors: (1)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Zutell, Jerry, Ed.; McCormick, Sandra, Ed. – 1991
Focusing on literacy learning and instruction, the 44 papers in this yearbook highlight the increasing sense of responsibility of literacy teachers as learners themselves and to understand the nature and impact of teacher change on student learning. Papers in the yearbook include: "What Counts in Teacher Education? Dilemmas in Educating…
Descriptors: Adults, Alternative Assessment, Classroom Environment, Computers
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
These short summaries of the reports from the National Institute of Education's Conference on Studies in Reading are intended to reflect accurately the general areas of research recommended by each of the 10 panels taking part in the conference. Each panel focused on a particular problem in reading, identifying general approaches, suggesting…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Language Usage, Models, Motivation
Fisher, Joseph A., Ed. – 1984
Consisting of a selection of papers presented at the 1982 and 1983 meetings of the North Central Reading Association, this yearbook includes sections on computers, research, professional issues, and programs. Papers include: "The Computerized Broom Will Sweep Our Future Classrooms: But Not Necessarily Clean" (George E. Mason); "Beyond the…
Descriptors: Adults, College Programs, College Students, Computer Uses in Education
Lumpkin, Donavon, Ed.; And Others – 1988
Articles in this eighth yearbook of the American Reading Forum address the dilemmas of teaching reading. Articles, listed with their authors, are as follows: (1) "Deepening a Dilemma: Stylus vs. Computer Writing at an Early Primary Level" (J. Heep); (2) "Concept Maps and Vee Diagrams: Strategies To Deal with the Dilemma of the Restricted…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of this conference panel was to determine the interaction between the structural properties of text and the cognitive processes involved in comprehension. This panel report contains sections on the organization of the message in the communication system, the information readers derive from a message and how well they derive it, the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports
