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Download full textMayer, Colleen A. – 1974
This booklet offers practical, easy-to-read suggestions for teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents to help them understand intellectual development and intellectual disabilities. The first section highlights some of the factors involved in intellectual development and the importance of being sensitive to different stages of learning. The second…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classification, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Ruddell, Robert B. – 1974
This book is designed specifically for preservice and inservice teachers who wish to improve their reading-language arts instruction. Topics discussed in the sixteen chapters are: the reading-language teacher's role in an age of change; a communication framework; dynamics of language; children's language development; reading-language programs;…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Educational Planning, Elementary Education
Robeck, Mildred Coen; Wilson, John A. R. – 1974
This book focuses on how individuals learn to read, how motivations for reading or avoiding reading are built, how the cognitive characteristics of the learner can be used to select the most promising beginning approach, and how self-directed reading extends the cognitive and the affective world of the reader. The book covers the interaction of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communication (Thought Transfer), Learning Processes, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedTrachtenberg, Susan – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Suggests the use of jokes in the English as a second language class to promote oral fluency, awareness of sociolinguistic rules, and understanding of certain values in American culture. (CFM)
Descriptors: American Culture, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedRobins, J. A. – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1986
Presents guidelines for making individual cassette recordings for student homework from tape masters accompanying foreign language texts. Strategies for using and supplementing curricular material are also discussed. (LMO)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiotape Cassettes, Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities
Silberman, Roseanne K.; Sowell, Virginia – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1987
The article recommends assessment techniques and teaching strategies in the area of reading and language arts for the visually impaired student with learning disabilities. Appropriate reading and language tests are cited. Reading approaches, practical strategies for teaching reading comprehension and spelling, and suggestions for organizing the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Language Skills
Peer reviewedFlorez, V.; Hadaway, N. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Identifies three problem areas in teaching students with limited English proficiency to read: (1) the readers' input (what they bring to the reading process), (2) the author's input, and (3) the reading process itself. Recommends that teachers acquaint themselves with students' prior knowledge and language competence level and strive for a balance…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Skills
Glenn, Craig – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes the process of acquiring a computer-assisted instruction system by the Linton-Stockton School Corporation (LSSC). Discusses problems that made the acquisition difficult. Presents the results of a standardized achievement test given to students before and after experience with the system. Emphasizes gains in reading comprehension. (CW)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSeidenberg, Pearl L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Research on learning-disabled secondary school students' academic deficits, response to classroom environment, and response to instructional interventions is integrated with research on metacognition in text learning. A metacognitive orientation is recommended for instructional intervention programs, which should address general comprehension…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Intervention
Peer reviewedClary, Linda Mixon – Reading Horizons, 1988
Describes a variety of simple, structured techniques that reading teachers might recommend to parents who want to help their children. (ARH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedAshby-Davis, Claire – Reading Horizons, 1986
Presents a method for improving reading comprehension through direct instruction of inductive reasoning. Students gather clues to personality of characters as play progresses and from these arrive at an overall generalization concerning the complexities of the character. (SRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Drama
Peer reviewedPearson, P. David – Reading Teacher, 1985
Draws upon research, theory, and experience to support six changes in the way reading comprehension is taught. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
Lee, James F.; VanPatten, Bill – 1995
This book is intended for graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate teacher education majors who might benefit from a directed exploration, reflection, and application of particular topics related to communicative language teaching and for practicing teachers who need a resource manual for developing tasks and materials for their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Higher Education
Kim, Myonghee – 2002
Historically, in the educational field, numerous efforts have been made to facilitate the complex process of second language (L2) reading comprehension. While computers are increasingly being used for instruction for L2 reading, there is not yet a solid understanding of how this technology can be effectively used in the area of L2 reading…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1998
Based on the 1998 Arkansas English Language Arts Curriculum Frameworks, this sample curriculum model for grade five language arts is divided into sections focusing on writing; reading; and listening, speaking, and viewing. The writing section's stated goals are to help students employ a wide range of strategies as they write; use different writing…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Grade 5, Graphic Organizers
