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Profile Analysis Of Diagnostic Reading Tests: Is It Warranted?, Kenneth Kavale, Alfred Hirshoren
Profile Analysis Of Diagnostic Reading Tests: Is It Warranted?, Kenneth Kavale, Alfred Hirshoren
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Through the use of various screening instruments and achievement measures, a number of children are identified as possible reading disability cases. Once identified, these children are subjected to further testing usually with a reading diagnostic test which attempts to identify specific strengths and weaknesses in performance. Discussions with school psychologists, educational diagnosticians, and teachers of children with reading disabilities suggest that much credence is still placed on profile analysis of diagnostic reading test data as suggested by their authors (Durrell, 1957: Karlsen, Madden, and Gardner, 1966) among others. Reviews by Wechsler (1974), Sattler (1974) and Hirshoren and Kavale (1977), in …
Professional Concerns, R. Baird Shuman, Evelyn Hill
Professional Concerns, R. Baird Shuman, Evelyn Hill
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
In the article which follows, Evelyn Hill, principal of Gertrude Ealy Elementary School in the West Bloomfield School District of Birmingham, Michigan, suggests specific ways in which the elementary school administrator can promote the reading program within his/her school. Ms. Hill provides sensible suggestions which any elementary school administrator should find rather easy and practical to apply.
Reading Horizons Vol. 18, No. 1
Reading Horizons Vol. 18, No. 1
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 18, issue 1.
The Crucial Transition Years, Leonard Courtney
The Crucial Transition Years, Leonard Courtney
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Three important years sculpted from a child's formal schooling, islanded as a period of guided passage from childhood to youth. Such is an ideal framework, unfortunately inconsistent with the actuality of the junior high years. Nonetheless, anyone who has worked closely with children of this age (11-14) or grades (7-9) acknowledge an array of differences physical, psychological and emotional which mandates a setting uniquely sympathetic to the pupils' needs. If for no other reason, junior high exists for the exceptional reading opportunity it provides: for intensification and diversification of skills, some ease and stability in dealing with varying content structures, …
Teaching Language Clues To Reading Comprehension, John W. Miller
Teaching Language Clues To Reading Comprehension, John W. Miller
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Reading Comprehension is an illusive entity. It is difficult to define, measure and teach. Researchers attempting to construct a theoretical model of the comprehension process for empirical examination are often confronted with a maze of confusing studies. The untangled maze is perhaps more discouraging. Confusion generally gives way to contradiction. Measurement problems are also prevalent in the area of comprehension. Naturally, any quality which is difficult to isolate and describe is equally difficult to measure. Finally, teachers must face the ominous responsibility of helping students obtain a quality which is vaguely defined and measured. It is the most difficult of …
The Components Of A Competency Based Elementary Reading Program, Laveria F. Hutchison
The Components Of A Competency Based Elementary Reading Program, Laveria F. Hutchison
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
In a competency based reading program, the instructional emphasis is on each student's successful attainment and completion of the specific learning objectives provided. As such, the length of time required for each individual student to complete the objectives may be different.
Reading Horizons Vol. 17, No. 4
Reading Horizons Vol. 17, No. 4
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 17, issue 4.
We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke
We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Fromm, Erich To Have Or To Be.
Procedures For Determining Children's Book Choices: Comparison And Criticism, Carol Lynch-Brown
Procedures For Determining Children's Book Choices: Comparison And Criticism, Carol Lynch-Brown
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Near the end of the nineteenth century the scientific investigation into children's interests first emerged. Since then many studies have been carried out to determine children's reading interests. The procedures chosen for the collection of data have been almost as multitudinous as the studies. Equally important, the kind of information one obtains may depend to a large degree on the data collection procedure selected. The central purpose of this study was to compare results obtained from two methods of data collection used to evaluate children's reading interests.
Toward A More Positive Concept In Reading, Marcia Lynne Pennington
Toward A More Positive Concept In Reading, Marcia Lynne Pennington
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
There are. things that the teacher can and should do to promote a positive self-concept .
Phonics…Learning To Read And All That Stuff, J. Lloyd Eldredge
Phonics…Learning To Read And All That Stuff, J. Lloyd Eldredge
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
(Editor's note- Dr. J. Lloyd Eldredge, Coordinator of Elementary Education for the State of Utah, recently presented a week-long conference for the Reading Institute at Western Michigan University. Horizons is pleased to publish the following article by Dr. Eldredge, who is well known for his work with learning cycles.)
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Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
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New Materials, Sandra Ahern
New Materials, Sandra Ahern
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
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An Assessment Of Phonics Knowledge In Special Education Teachers, Gay Goodman, Brad Hammond
An Assessment Of Phonics Knowledge In Special Education Teachers, Gay Goodman, Brad Hammond
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
In recent years, much attention has been given to the phonics skills of teachers and prospective teachers. Beginning in the early 60's with Aaron (1960), Gagon (1960), and The Torch Lighter: Tomorrow's Teachers of Reading (Austin & Morrison, 1961), it was noted that teacher training programs were deficient in the area of phonics training, and that, resultantly, prospective teachers showed a deficit in their knowledge of phonics. These results have been upheld by Ramsey (1962), Schubert (1962), and Spache and Baggett (1965), all of whom found that experienced teachers and/or prospective teachers showed a marked deficit in the basic phonics …
Reading Horizons Vol. 17, No. 3
Reading Horizons Vol. 17, No. 3
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 17, issue 3.
Cross-Age Tutoring And The Sacrosanct Reading Period, Jack Cassidy
Cross-Age Tutoring And The Sacrosanct Reading Period, Jack Cassidy
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Cross- age tutoring in the elementary school has long been recognized as a valid means of learning for both the tutor and the tutee; (Frager & Stern, 1970). Many studies even show that the tutors make greater gains than the tutees, (Cloward, 1967). Like many validated educational innovations, however, cross- age tutoring is not practiced to any great extent in the schools, particularly the elementary schools. One of the main reasons for this is that tutoring is difficult to fit into the regular school program. Reading, writing, social studies, math, science, health, etc., all seem to fill the day of …
Media Technologies For The Reading Teacher, Camille Blachowicz
Media Technologies For The Reading Teacher, Camille Blachowicz
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
The McLuhan age posed a special problem for teachers of reading. Realizing the power of non-print as an educational tool, they have had to search for the best ways to use media to strengthen, not detract from, the developing literacy of their students. Often this difficulty, as well as the expense of materials or the poor quality of available software have turned the "media revolution" into something less than a skirmish in many classrooms and schools.
Children's Literature And The Classroom Teacher, Lucetta A. Johnson
Children's Literature And The Classroom Teacher, Lucetta A. Johnson
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
The elementary teacher may well ask why teach children's literature when each day's schedule is already crowded with mathematics, reading, spelling, English, science, social studies, physical education, art, music, values, career awareness, and all subjects that come under these broad headings. This article will suggest some ways that children's literature can be used in the elementary curriculum to achieve reading goals that improve on traditional reading programs. Children's literature in no way replaces these programs, rather, it extends and enriches the reading curriculum while encouraging positive reading attitudes.
Learning Basic (Reading) Skills K-12, Denny T. Wolfe Jr.
Learning Basic (Reading) Skills K-12, Denny T. Wolfe Jr.
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Seldom in the history of American education has an issue received more public attention than the reading question is receiving today. Such an abiding concern about a basic skill is almost ironic in view of the fact that the last several decades have brought a flood of "innovations" in curriculum design and approaches to instruction. Prominent figures such as John Holt, Herbert Kohl, Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner, William Glasser, Ivan Illich, Carl Rogers, Alvin Toffler, and many more have called continually for radical school reform. "Relevance" and "change" have been by-words in virtually every piece of recent literature pertaining to …
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Skill-Referenced Instruction For Disabled Readers: Guidelines And Cautions, Catherine Morsink
Skill-Referenced Instruction For Disabled Readers: Guidelines And Cautions, Catherine Morsink
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Early in the development of learning disability programs, the terms reading disability and dyslexia were widely used to describe the problem of a child who had extreme difficulty in learning to decode printed words (Jastak and Jastak, 1965), despite conventional educational opportunity (Money, 1962) and apparent capacity to learn (Bateman, 1964). Reading disability was further distinguished from simple reading difficulty by its severity and its duration, with resultant need for highly specialized treat ment over a long period of time (Rabinovitch, 1962).
Reading In The Secondary School: How To Add To Your Vocabulary, Part Ii, Kenneth Vandermeulen
Reading In The Secondary School: How To Add To Your Vocabulary, Part Ii, Kenneth Vandermeulen
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
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