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Download full textSlaughter, Helen B.; Haussler, Myna – 1984
The Chapter 1 Language Enrichment Communicative Skills Project served students in eleven Tucson Arizona elementary schools in the primary grades during the 1983-84 school year. The project provided supplementary instruction in oral language interaction and developmental reading and writing in small groups. Students were selected on the basis of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation
Preston, Fannie Wiley; Ellis, DiAnn – 1983
The goals of a cross-age tutoring program involving first and fifth graders were to stimulate oral language development in first graders and to help them read for meaning. The fifth grade students worked with the younger students on a one-to-one basis to stimulate language development and to encourage the academic growth in other skills necessary…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Grade 1
Pflaum-Connor, Susanna, Ed. – 1978
The 11 authors contributing to this volume present a multidisciplinary approach to current issues involved in the study and teaching of reading. The topics discussed include the following: psycholinguistics and the study and teaching of reading; controversial issues in beginning reading instruction meaning versus subskill emphasis; models of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Beginning Reading, Bilingualism, Educational Assessment
Beck, Isabel L.; Block, Karen K. – 1976
The instruction provided by two beginning reading programs (the Ginn 720 and the Palo Alto 1973 reading programs) are analyzed and compared in this paper on the basis of such factors as phoneme-grapheme correspondence and phonics instruction, sight word learning, and the development of reading comprehension. The comparison focuses primarily on the…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension
Sartain, Harry W., Ed. – 1981
Noting that the task of increasing literacy around the world is far too massive for the schools alone to undertake, this book is intended as part of an effort to increase the role of parents and families in promoting the reading development of children. The six articles in the book discuss the following topics: (1) family contributions to reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Family Involvement
Ceprano, Maria A. – 1979
To ascertain whether paradigmatic performance on a word association test administered at the end of kindergarten is an effective predictor of reading achievement, 37 children were tested on the Syntagmatic-Paradigmatic Assessment (SPA) at the end of their kindergarten year. At the end of their first grade year, the children were administered a…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education
Shafer, Robert E., Ed. – 1979
Each of the 12 articles in this book deals with an aspect of linguistics theory and its application to understanding or teaching reading. The topics covered include: defining reading in proper perspective, the relevance of applied linguistics for teachers of reading, why children should want to learn to read, dialects and reading, the features of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Black Dialects
BELL, PAUL W. – 1966
MANY PUPILS ENTER FIRST GRADE EACH YEAR WHO ARE LINGUISTICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ARE UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE TRADITIONAL READING PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE MIDDLE-CLASS ANGLO-SAXON STEREOTYPE. THESE MINORITY GROUP YOUNGSTERS FALL MAINLY INTO TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES. THE FIRST GROUP IS MADE UP OF NATIVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN WHOSE…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Blacks, Disabilities
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1966
THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR USE BY TEACHERS, SUPERVISORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS IN INITIATING OR DEVELOPING ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IT IS NOT A NATIONAL CURRICULUM. IT INCLUDES A SUGGESTED BASIC COURSE IN READING, WRITING, SPELLING, LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND ARITHMETIC, AND ENRICHMENT MATERIALS IN THE AREAS OF EVERYDAY SCIENCE,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adults, Arithmetic
LEVIN, HARRY – 1966
A NEW CURRICULUM OF CODING GAMES WAS DEVELOPED FOR BEGINNING READERS. THE CURRICULUM'S CONTENT EMPHASIZED TEACHING THE CHILD TO DECODE LETTERS INTO SOUNDS THAT REPRESENT LANGUAGE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO SHOW THE CHILD THE REASONABLENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WRITING AND SPEECH. THE CODING GAMES BEGAN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON LANGUAGE AND THE VARIOUS…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Beginning Reading, Codification, Curriculum Development
HAYES, ROBERT B.; NEMETH, JOSEPH S. – 1965
A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF FOUR DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING BEGINNING READING. THE PROGRAMS STUDIED WERE (1) AN ECLECTIC, "WHOLE WORD" READING PROGRAM PRESENTED IN SCOTT, FORESMAN PUBLICATIONS, (2) A "PHONIC" READING PROGRAM PUBLISHED BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT, (3) A COMBINATION ECLECTIC, "WHOLE WORD - PHONIC" READING…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Evaluation, Grade 1
King, Lovern Root, Ed. – 1977
Aspects of Native American history and culture as well as issues and concerns of American Indians are presented in the twelve short articles in this reader for adults. Intended for use in an adult basic education/GED program, the reader features simply written stories (for grades 0-3), illustrations, vocabulary lists and student study questions.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Drummond, Don, Ed.; Wignell, Edna, Ed. – 1979
Offered as a guide to the teaching of reading and the development of reading skills, this publication provides information on assessment, teaching methods, and published resource materials and is directed to elementary school teachers and reading specialists. The ten chapters include information on the stages of reading, reading readiness, the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Individualized Reading
CEMREL, Inc., St. Louis, MO. R&D Interpretation Service. – 1979
The Research and Development Interpretation Service (RDIS) has been collecting reading research to identify items that will be most useful to the regional exchanges and their clients. This bibliography, the result of that work, lists the items in alphabetical order by author. The items are also indexed according to major topic areas, including…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Literature Reviews
Goldenberg, Marvin A. – 1978
In an effort to improve the reading readiness skills of children entering the first grade, a special class was established in a lower socioeconomic area of a large city. Testing procedures were instituted to select appropriate pupils, and pretest and posttest results were used to evaluate the program. The 19 pupils selected for the class were…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Disadvantaged Youth
