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Peer reviewedSouthgate, Vera; Lewis, Christine Y. – Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Level, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading, 1973
Discusses whether to prepare the child for reading instruction, or tailor the reading instruction to the child. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Literature Reviews, Reading Readiness, Speech Communication
De Franco, Ellen B. – Adult Leadership, 1973
Article proposes various ways to utilize parents as resources for teaching children to read. (GB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Parent Education, Parent Participation, Reading Development
Peer reviewedAllen, P. David – Elementary School Journal, 1972
We can improve reading instruction by using the strengths any child brings to the reading task. (Author)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cues, Psycholinguistics, Reading Instruction
Clay, Marie M. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1970
Explores the various effects of changing the familiar orientation of words with beginning readers. (MH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Reading
Cooper, J.; And Others – Visual Education, 1970
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Program Descriptions
Kirkland, Eleanor R. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Reexamines the efficiency of i/t/a in a 3-year longitudinal study of 180 children and reports better general reading and spelling ability and earlier learning of vowel sounds at the end of grade 1 with i/t/a but also reports an equalizing of abilities at the ends of grades 2 and 3 under i/t/a and T.O. systems. Bibliography. (MD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Orthographic Symbols, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedAllington, Richard L. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Reviews the literature concerning oral reading fluency and offers six hypotheses about how beginning readers develop oral fluency and about strategies to help those who do not. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction
Morris, Joyce M. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1982
Laments the past misuse and misunderstanding of phonics. Introduces the term "new phonics" to describe the sophisticated, research-based phonics being used in the basal reading scheme, "Language in Action." (JL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Phonetics, Phonics
Peer reviewedLarrivee, Barbara – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
Among conclusions presented by a review of research on modality preference as a method for differentiating beginning reading instruction are that differentiating instruction according to modality preference apparently did not facilitate learning to read. (Author)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Beginning Reading, Learning Modalities, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedCunningham, Pat – Reading Teacher, 1981
Reviews "Happily Ever After," a reading readiness program that is designed to help those children who lack many of the concepts and abilities assumed by most readiness programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedCunningham, Pat – Reading Teacher, 1981
Reports on several easy-to-read books for beginning readers and laments the dearth of such materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Austin, Roger G. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1979
Reports the results of pilot testing the use of a scale of cognitive clarity for beginning readers based on the writings of John Downing. (AEA)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Primary Education
Peer reviewedCrain, Suzanne McIver – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
A method for introducing hearing impaired preschoolers to a core basal reading series is described. Steps begin with having students react to pictures of their own experiences and express the plots of stories in language. (CL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Hearing Impairments, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedGroff, P. – Elementary School Journal, 1980
Examines whether empirical research in beginning reading instruction supports the major tenets of the psycholinguistic approach to beginning reading. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Psycholinguistics, Reading Instruction
