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Guest Editorial, Joyce Hamrick
Guest Editorial, Joyce Hamrick
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
A letter from the guest editor.
Let Them Read The Book, Patricia M. Cunningham
Let Them Read The Book, Patricia M. Cunningham
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
It is a September morning in a first grade classroom in Anywhere, USA. The boys and girls come into the room, excited and eager. This is the day, their teacher has announced, when they will begin their first book. For several weeks now the boys and girls have been in readiness. They have learned letter names and beginning associations for consonant letters and their sounds. They have learned that reading goes from left to right and top to bottom. They have matched letters and words. They are now ready to read.
Cobasal Reading Adoptions Present Unique Problems, John W. Miller
Cobasal Reading Adoptions Present Unique Problems, John W. Miller
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
The selection of basal reading materials reflects crucial decisions made periodically by most school districts in our country. Considering that approximately 20 million students are enrolled in public school grades 1-6 in the United States , it is not difficult to understand why the selection of basal materials receives such considerable attention. In this vast market the publishers of basal programs compete for high stakes, and the selection process is important to the adopting district from both an educational and economic perspective. Yet selection committees often undertake the decision-making process without adequately assessing all the ramifications of their choices. On …
Flexibility: A Key Element For Reading And Study Skills Specialists, Mark E. Thompson
Flexibility: A Key Element For Reading And Study Skills Specialists, Mark E. Thompson
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
The term flexibility is difficult to define. A person's definition of flexibility, like many other concepts, depends on a particular orientation or perspective of the world. If flexibility means adapting to change, then most people are flexible in some way. Through science we have developed technology, and our technology forces us to be flexible. About 97% of all the scientists who have ever lived are alive now, and they produce many changes (Toynbee, 1971). Our knowledge of the world is expanding at an incredible speed. Fourteen years ago George Arnstein said our scientific knowledge doubles approximately every eight years (Arnstein, …
Diagnostic Performance-Based Assessmentl: A Tool For The Kindergarten And Primary Grade Teacher, Rona R. Flippo
Diagnostic Performance-Based Assessmentl: A Tool For The Kindergarten And Primary Grade Teacher, Rona R. Flippo
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Most elementary educators agree that assessment is a necessary preparation for instructional planning. Teachers can use one of several standardized instruments or an informal reading inventory to assess the abilities of their reading students. A problem occurs for the teacher of non-readers or the teacher of beginning readers. These students cannot be assessed with instruments requiring reading ability. They need to be evaluated with instruments that sample their ability to perform with psycho-motor, auditory, oral, and visual skill areas. These areas are the foundation of beginning reading instruction and should be measured and evaluated prior to instructional planning for each …
Direct Instruction Versus Incidental Learning Of Reading Vocabulary, Patrick Groff
Direct Instruction Versus Incidental Learning Of Reading Vocabulary, Patrick Groff
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Advice to teachers that the direct teaching of reading vocabulary to children is an inferior procedure for gaining this linguistic goal is still circulating. It is easy to find recent statements from reading authorities that are intended to substantiate the belief that extensive reading will develop children's vocabulary better than direct instruction. For example, Smith ( 1978 ) maintains "The best way to acquire a large and useful vocabulary for reading is by meaningful reading" (p. 168). Johnson and Pearson (1978) would not apply this rule at the very beginning stage of reading instruction, but would put it into force …
Implications Of Piagetian Theory For Correlating Art And Reading, Barbara C. Palmer, Nancy A. Frederick, Lawrence E. Hafner
Implications Of Piagetian Theory For Correlating Art And Reading, Barbara C. Palmer, Nancy A. Frederick, Lawrence E. Hafner
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Piaget tells us that we know something to the extent that we act on it. Because art facilitates the right kinds of action for knowing, or learning, correlating art and reading may well be the vehicle to growth in and enjoyment of communication skills. Therefore, art not only contributes to reading development but also contributes to both the cognitive and the affective development needed for success in all academic areas.
Reading Horizons Vol. 21, No. 4
Reading Horizons Vol. 21, No. 4
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 21, issue 4.
The New Format, "The Pain We Must All Share", Ken Vandermeulen
The New Format, "The Pain We Must All Share", Ken Vandermeulen
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
A letter from the editor.
Billy And The Three Billy-Goats Gruff Or, How Billy Learned To Read Naturally, Gail M. Huffman
Billy And The Three Billy-Goats Gruff Or, How Billy Learned To Read Naturally, Gail M. Huffman
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Growing up in a family with a school-aged brother and sister and with parents who are teachers usually means that a younger child will be exposed to a wide variety of books and various reading materials. This was true for our five-year-old son, Billy.
A Non-Traditional Technique For Testing Vocabulary, Frederick A. Duffelmeyer
A Non-Traditional Technique For Testing Vocabulary, Frederick A. Duffelmeyer
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
The close and very significant relationship between knowledge of vocabulary and reading ability has long been recognized (q.v., Strang 1938, Davis 1944, Smith 1950, Klare 1963, Davis 1972). Perhaps Strang expressed this relationship most succinctly when she wrote: "Vocabulary is like the warp threads running through the entire developmental reading program. It is prerequisite to, as well as result of, effective reading."
Mainstreaming And The Classroom Teacher: A Practical Approach, Carolyn N. Hedley
Mainstreaming And The Classroom Teacher: A Practical Approach, Carolyn N. Hedley
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Classroom teachers have always had exceptional students in regular classrooms; many of these children could not be placed due to overcrowding of special education classes. Some were undiagnosed and unrecognized in terms of specific disability. The parents of others would not allow separation from regular learning settings. Often these handicapped learners in normative educational settings were relegated to marginal roles and ignored. Special learners were sometimes the focus of annoyance of teachers and classmates, who did not understand their disability and could not effectively aid special learning. Much of the time, handicapped children were successfully taught by the ingenious teacher, …
Better Attitudes Via Branched Stories, Sharon Crawley, Lee Mountain
Better Attitudes Via Branched Stories, Sharon Crawley, Lee Mountain
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Jack reads adequately for a nine-year-old, but reading is not his thing. When he gets to the end of a basal-reader page, he'd rather quit than continue. So far, his reading materials just haven't turned him on.
Reasoning Guides: Fostering Reading In Content Areas, Thomas W. Bean, Joe Peterson
Reasoning Guides: Fostering Reading In Content Areas, Thomas W. Bean, Joe Peterson
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
There is little doubt that a student stands a good chance of comprehending difficult content area material when actual life experiences can be related to an author's intent. The importance of a reader's prior knowledge and experiences in the meaningful reception, integration, and retention of new concepts is a widely held precept in learning theory (Ausubel, 1968; Smith, 1978).
Prior Knowledge And Prediction In Reading, Robert E. Shafer
Prior Knowledge And Prediction In Reading, Robert E. Shafer
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
In order to understand how reading works and what reading is, it is necessary to look carefully at what readers try to do when they read. Many teachers have noticed that when pupils are confused by the meaning of a word or phrase, they will make a guess at it, sometimes to themselves, or publicly if reading orally. On what are these guesses based? Kenneth Goodman (1967), in his research on the nature and quality of children's predictions about the meanings in their reading called reading "a psycholinguistic guessing game" . Prediction has become a more descriptive word than 'guess' …
Help Them To Speak, Write, And Listen--They'll Be Better Readers, Linda Jean Lehnert
Help Them To Speak, Write, And Listen--They'll Be Better Readers, Linda Jean Lehnert
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
While observing beginning readers in both American and British schools, I have noted that the better readers also appear to be the better speakers, while the child having difficulty with reading also tends to be less verbal and less explicit in oral language activities. This observation sparked my interest in the role of oral language in the reading process.
Parent/Teacher Reading Instruction: A Collaborative Approach, Valerie A. Pearson
Parent/Teacher Reading Instruction: A Collaborative Approach, Valerie A. Pearson
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Parents are often baffled and anxious when teachers explain that, in their opinion, a child is not ready to cope with the academic demands of the next grade level, due to the child's lack of progress in learning how to read. The parents' perception of their child is that s/he has shown normal development. Yet, they are told the child is unable to perform successfully in the classroom. Haunted by childhood memories of frequent pupil retentions in the schoolrooms of years ago, the parents cautiously receive the teacher's judgment. In order to help with this situation, the parents inquire about …
Retaining The Returning Adult In A Reading Program, Paulette F. O'Malley, Anne Marie Bernazza Haase
Retaining The Returning Adult In A Reading Program, Paulette F. O'Malley, Anne Marie Bernazza Haase
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
The purpose of this paper is to discuss open entrance/ open-exit programs to prevent attrition in adult reading programs that are designed for the student who has not completed high school. Often these students need to become better readers and to become test wise in order to take high school proficiency tests or some other test necessary for entrance into military service, trade schools, and/or various government supported training programs. Suggestions for encouraging success within such a program are offered.
Learning The Ropes--Survival Techniques For College Freshmen, Gretchen Starks
Learning The Ropes--Survival Techniques For College Freshmen, Gretchen Starks
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
According to Alvin Toffler's book The Third Wave, the expert is not longer on a towering pedestal. More and more, lay people are being added to the decision making process in hospitals, in industry, and even in schools. Parents and students are expressing the new attitude, "You don't have to be an expert to know what you want."
Teaching Reading Flexibility In The Content Areas, Judythe P. Patberg, Janell B. Lange
Teaching Reading Flexibility In The Content Areas, Judythe P. Patberg, Janell B. Lange
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Two problems existing in secondary classrooms warrant the teaching of reading flexibility. The first is the problem of students being required to read extensively in many of their classes. In order to meet this requirement, they must accomplish their reading assignments efficiently in these subject areas. This, in turn, demands that they be flexible readers who can read rapidly when such speed is appropriate and slowly and carefully when a slow and careful rate is demanded.
Quick Reviews, Nancy Weddle
Quick Reviews, Nancy Weddle
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
No abstract available.
Quick Reviews, Beth S. Wise
Quick Reviews, Beth S. Wise
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
No abstract available.
Reading Horizons Vol. 21, No. 3
Reading Horizons Vol. 21, No. 3
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 21, issue 3.
The Nature And Measurement Of Secondary School Students' Attitudes Toward Reading, William H. Teale, Ramon Lewis
The Nature And Measurement Of Secondary School Students' Attitudes Toward Reading, William H. Teale, Ramon Lewis
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
In recent years attitudinal goals have increasingly become a planned facet of school curricula. As a result teachers have become more involved in assessing students' attitudes toward what is being taught. Reading is certainly one area that receives considerable attention in this respect. Secondary teachers and administrators have come to realize that improving students' attitudes toward reading is every bit as important as improving their reading comprehension, word recognition and word analysis skills.
Dyslexia: The Real Issues, Donald C. Cushenbery
Dyslexia: The Real Issues, Donald C. Cushenbery
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
One of the interesting philosophical issues or discussions present on the educational scene at the moment is that of the role of dyslexia as a cause for basic reading deficits. The purposes of this article are to present briefly some of the historical trends regarding the topic; analyze a few current definitions; outline several procedures for diagnosing the difficulty; offer a description of four techniques for dealing with the problem; and provide a response to three questions dealing with the real issues of dyslexia.
Help For The Mobile Student, Linda Mixon Clary
Help For The Mobile Student, Linda Mixon Clary
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Teachers today know firsthand that sociologists are correct when they describe Modern American society as mobile. It is not at all unusual for many students - sometimes half a class - to enter classrooms while numerous others leave during the normal school year. This situation of course has always been true in areas that serve very transient groups such as military families, but it appears to now also apply to many other populations. Some up-to-date estimates predict that workers will change jobs eight or nine times in a lifetime and children are often involved in these moves. Consequently, today's teachers …
Meeting Children's Reading Needs: Examining The Roles Of Special Teachers, William H. Rupley, Marty Abramson
Meeting Children's Reading Needs: Examining The Roles Of Special Teachers, William H. Rupley, Marty Abramson
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Those who teach remedial reading in the schools have numerous titles, dissimilar training, and overlapping responsibilities. Children who have mild to severe reading problems may be instructed by reading specialists, Title I teachers, teachers of the learning disabled, and so forth. Similarly, the reading teachers' training may range from participation in an undergraduate or graduate reading program to never having taken a formal course in reading. Though there may be an inherent assumption that all these individuals are equally capable of teaching reading, there are marked differences in training that could make this assumption untrue.
Reading Interests Among Fifth And Sixth Grade Children, Kathleen C. Stevens
Reading Interests Among Fifth And Sixth Grade Children, Kathleen C. Stevens
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
This article reports the results of an interest survey given to children in four fifth and sixth grade classrooms. The author especially wished to determine if the sex differences in interest reported by so many writers (Norvell, 1958; McKay, 1968; Beta Upsilon Chapter, 1974) were still in effect today.
Editorial Comment, Ken Vandermeulen
Editorial Comment, Ken Vandermeulen
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Letter from the editor.
Obstacles To Reading Acquisition: Preventative And Corrective Concerns, Carl Braun
Obstacles To Reading Acquisition: Preventative And Corrective Concerns, Carl Braun
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
In spite of the vast expenditure and research on the process of learning to read, there is little if any evidence that the incidence of reading disability is declining. Some, in fact, would argue that the contrary is true.