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McCutchen, Deborah; Abbott, Robert D.; Green, Laura B.; Beretvas, S. Natasha; Cox, Susanne; Potter, Nina S.; Quiroga, Teresa; Gray, Audra L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
A study investigated the effects of a 2-week summer institute that taught kindergarten and first-grade teachers (n=44) about learning disabilities and effective instruction, stressing the importance of explicit instruction in phonological and orthographic awareness. First-graders taught by trained teachers outperformed controls on phonological…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten
Hall, Tracey E.; Baker, Scott – 1995
This paper provides background information on school reform and describes efforts to implement an assessment system for students with disabilities in 12 nongraded primary classrooms. Background information briefly covers the school restructuring movement, the history of nongraded primary education, alternative assessment strategies which focus on…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods, High Risk Students
Valletutti, Peter J.; And Others – 1996
This third of three manuals providing a curriculum for students with disabilities focuses on the development of functional academic skills. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the curriculum and offers guidelines for developing instructional plans for the following three units of study. Unit 1 is on the development of functional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Curriculum
Thogmartin, Mark B. – 1996
This guide shows parents how to help their children develop into skilled and motivated readers. The guide contains sections on (1) how to prepare a child for reading success, long before lessons begin; (2) how to use children's literature to promote learning and enjoyment; (3) why combining book experiences and phonics is better than either…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing
Dickinson, David K.; Smith, Miriam W. – 1992
A study examined the effects of specific literacy-related activities in preschool on subsequent language and literacy-related knowledge. All of the subjects were eligible for Head Start or comparable programs, with half of the classrooms being Head Start classrooms. When the subjects were 3 years old, a total of 63 children were visited in 48…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Research, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students
Achievement, Inc., Hicksville, NY. – 1993
Directed at the parents of preschool and elementary school children, this document consists of a collection of the informational brochures, catalogs, promotional materials, price lists, and order forms for a series of audiocassette tapes. All tapes are commercially available from Achievement Inc. Titles of tapes available are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Beginning Reading, Child Rearing, Children
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1990
The 140 tests cited in this bibliography consist of test items related to instructional objectives. Assessment of student gain is made in terms of mastery of objectives rather than by comparison with a group norm. The subject areas include mathematics, reading, vocabulary, spelling, science, and social studies. The tests are primarily designed for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading
Collins, Vickie L. – 1990
This edition is an annotated list of 390 literacy materials for adult new readers. All the materials are written on an eighth-grade level or below. These paperback instructional titles, many in workbook format, are for use with adult basic education (ABE) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. The introduction includes guidelines for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
Nichols, G. Jeane – 1991
A practicum was designed to help parents of kindergartners in a low income area help their children develop literacy. The primary goal was to secure the active involvement of parents in their children's learning experiences. Other goals included improving kindergarten teachers' communication skills and expanding their strategies for reaching out…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Kindergarten
Farber, Frances D.; Putnam, Lillian R. – 1983
Since an author does not provide all critical information, a text is never fully explicit; it demands that the reader/listener supply missing elements in order to form a coherent and logical whole. A study was conducted to explore both the types of responses urban first grade students made when asked to predict a narrative ending and differences…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Dahlgren, Gosta; Olsson, Lars-Erik – 1986
A study was conducted to describe conceptions of the usefulness of reading (the function or "why" of reading) and conceptions of the reading process (the form or "how" of reading) among preschool and first grade children in Sweden. The research paradigm used--based on the work of Vygotsky and Piaget--was called the "second…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Pappas, Christine C. – 1984
The concept of scaffolding can be used as a framework to argue that a "rich interpretation" in child language is needed in the area of early literacy learning. Child language is the reading-like text language of "prereading" kindergarten children. Two threads (internal and external) of the scaffolding process have been identified. The external…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy
Andrews, Jean F.; Mason, Jana M. – 1984
Evidence from a nine-month longitudinal study of deaf children's early attempts at learning to read provides the construct for an instructional model that stresses that even though the children may have, at the least, a meager expressive sign language vocabulary, they can be lead successfully through the holophrastic or one-word stage of reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Deafness, Developmental Stages
Ottoson, Gerald; And Others – 1985
This guide is intended to acquaint literacy tutors with the techniques of tutoring small groups of learners enrolled in a basic reading program. The first chapter compares one-on-one and small group instruction. Chapter 2 covers the following aspects of organizing a group: interviewing; adding people to established groups; and confirming the first…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
Colvin, Ruth J.; Root, Jane H. – 1982
This test is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors working with adult beginning readers in assessing students' reading needs when beginning a reading program and determining their progress after receiving reading instruction. The three-part pretest and three-part posttest each include sections to assess students' sight vocabularies and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
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