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Direct linkMiller, Harry B. – Reading Improvement, 2012
Most of us recall with pain the unpleasant experiences associated with the teacher's announcement that we would once again initiate a unit of learning designed to both widen and deepen our knowledge of the words of our language. This was said to establish the foundation for all of our future academic pursuits. A strong vocabulary was said to be a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading, Vocabulary, Students
Download full textInstitut Romand de Recherches et de Documentation Pedagogiques, Neuchatel (Switzerland). – 1971
Focusing on the teaching of reading, chapters in this book (written in French, but with brief English and German translations of chapter resumes) consist of lectures delivered at an international symposium on the teaching of reading held in Switzerland in September of 1971. The contents include: an introduction: opening statements delivered at the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Perception, Primary Education, Reading
Curriculum and Research Bulletin, 1972
Teachers often become dominated by the demands of subject disciplines and fail to provide opportunities for pupils to learn by talking, reading, writing about experiences they meet, for in this way they will come to terms with subject disciplines. (Author)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Reading, Self Expression
Cross, Donald Paul – 1968
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Peabody Language Development Kit (Experimental Edition, Level III) in enhancing verbal intelligence, achievement, and language ability of 46 low-achieving third grade subjects selected on the basis of their being at or below the 33rd percentile on the Total Language Section of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Language Ability, Language Acquisition
St. Peters, Michelle; And Others – 1989
A study investigated several questions concerning the amount of viewing and types of programs children and parents watched alone and together and the relation of viewing patterns to children's development. Investigated over a 2-year period were coviewing patterns, differences between younger and older children in their viewing with parents,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Child Language, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedCarter, John L. – Journal of Negro Education, 1971
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
Davis, O. L., Jr.; Seifert, Joan G. – Elementary English, 1967
A linguistic analysis of five children's books, randomly selected from the "Modern Masters Books for Children" series, described the features of language found in books for beginning readers and demonstrated the value of structural analysis in reading research. Four linguistic measures were applied to each book: 1) the average number of words in a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Beginning Reading, Books, Child Language
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1971
This is the fifth report describing notable reading projects funded under Title Two of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The project descriptions were supplied by ESEA Title Two coordinators and media supervisors in the State departments of education for Arkansas, California, Georgia, Guam, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Independent Reading, Individualized Reading, Library Services
