Reading and Language Commons^™

A Reading Celebration Program From Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade, Cathy A. Mainiero

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Natural Literacy: The Link Between Reading And Writing For The Emergent Reader, Kathleen Cameron

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Teaching Beginners To Read Through Writing, Sheryl A. Watchorn

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Nova University Graduate Education Modules (Gem) Programs Designed For Today's Educators 1983, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

The Effectiveness Of An Interdisciplinary Approach To Reading Instruction, Ellen Sparrowgrove

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Content Reading Instruction As It Relates To The Secondary Social Studies Curriculum, Paula L. Jacobs

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

A Reading Program In A Sixth Grade Class-Room Based On Modified Self-Selection Of Paperback Books Using Cloze Procedure To Test Comprehension, Martha J. Shaw

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Future: Create Or Inherit, Charles W. Case, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

This training document was prepared by the Deans Committee of the Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers and does not represent an official position of the Study Commission. The book is a study document for distribution to those associated with the work of the Commission.

Introduction, Paul A. Olson

The Educational Significance of the Future, Harold G. Shane

Educational Research and Development Priorities to Create the Future, Charles W. Case

Riding the Apocalypse: Education and the Future of Humanity, Robert Bundy

DIALOGUE: Futures Planning and its Methodology

Teacher Education: A Future of Declining Need—Toward the Redefmition …

In The Process Of Change, Claudia Denise Cox

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The University Can't Train Teachers: A Symposium Of School Administrators Discuss School-Based Undergraduate Education For Teachers, Paul A. Olson, Larry Freeman, James Bowman, Jan Pieper

Department of English: Faculty Publications

CONTENTS

Introductory Letter

Discussion Summary

Acknowledgments

List of Participants

Educational Reform and Informational Needs

"Manpower: Supply and Demand for Teaching Personnel" -- Leo Shapiro

The Idea of Community and the Education of Teachers

"The Transmission of American Culture" -- George D. Spindler

"In the United States District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas, Tyler Division, Memorandum Opinion Regarding the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District"

The Use of Higher Education Personnel in School-Based Undergraduate Teacher-Training Programs

Appendix-"Research Sharing"

School-Based Teacher-Training Centers ."The Portland Urban Teacher Education Project:

New Context for Teacher Preparation" -- John L. Parker

Certification; …

A Study Of The Reading Program In West Richland Elementary School At Noble, Illinois, Robert L. Phillips

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Correlation Between Reading Readiness Scores And Achievement Of Fifty Second Grade Parochial School Students, Ruth Hearn Marchand

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Comparative Analysis Of Comprehension Abilities Presented In The Middle Grade Teachers' Manuals Or Four Selected Reading Series, Jacquelin D. Marshall

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Study Of A Compulsory Reading Improvement Course For College Freshmen, Edward Lawrence Daughtrey

Teaching & Learning Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

A Survey Of The Reading Program In The Charleston Community Unit School District Number One And Recommendations For Improving The Program, Francis X. Vogel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Reorganizing A Primary Department In Reading To Meet Learner Needs, Naomi Gaede

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Junior High School Teacher Tackles Her Reading Problems, Irma W. Young

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Mcguffey Readers, Louise Lively

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The textbook, an important factor in public school education, is nowhere so wonderfully developed as in the United States. It occupies a more important position in our educational system than it does in the systems of many foreign countries. In fact, most of the teaching in our schools today revolves around the textbook - the cause of much criticism by many writers. They deplore the fact that both our teachers and pupils are dependent on textbooks.

A Study Of The Effect Of Growth In Reading Achievement Upon The Total Personality Of The Child, Lillie Nix

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of reading achievement as measured by a standardized test of reading, upon the total personality of the child, as measured by a standardized test of personality.

An Analysis Of Basal Preprimers In Terms Of Factors Determining Their Difficulty, Virginia Brunson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the study is twofold:

I. To make a comparative analysis of recently published preprimerrs from the standpoint of:

A. Relation of the content of the picture to the content of the printed text.

B. Style of writing

C. Elements of interst

D. Vocabulary burden

II. To evaluate the difficulty and relative merit of the preprimers analyzed.

An Experimental Study Of Leisure Reading In The Eighth Grade, Georgia Mcelwain

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem of the study was: To test the effect of free reading in the eighth grade, having materials provided with a range of difficulties suited to the differences in ability of the pupils.

An Analysis Of The Vocabularies Of Primers, Katie Motley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the present study is threefold:

1. To analyze the vocabulary of each of fourteen primers to determine the extent to which their vocabularies are identical.
2. To find what percentage of words each primer has in common with the Kentucky adopted text Ben and Alice.
3. To suggest primers which best supplement Ben and Alice for slow learners and for fast learners.

A Contract Plan For Teaching American Literature In High School, Elizabeth Stagner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The plan may be characterized as follows:

1. A definite provision for four levels of mastery.
2. A challenge to the individual pupil, through a written presentation of contracts, to place himself satisfactorily at the grade-level he desires.
3. Provision for a period of thirty-six weeks, in six-weeks units.

Specific Training As A Means Of Developing Specific Abilities In Reading, Ola Roemer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem specifically stated is: What is the effect of specific training upon the development of the ability to pick out central thoughts of paragraphs as compared with the results of obtained in the same direction from general reading procedures?

The purpose of this study is to compare the results of specific training upon the development of this special ability in reading with the results obtained in the same direction from general reading procedures.

Is Formal Grammar Necessary In The High School?, Edward Ray

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study does not attempt to decide which is the better method of presenting grammar to the high school pupil; that is a question which would require much more extensive research to answer. We are interested primarily in determining and evaluating the success in college formal grammar of students who have had formal grammar in high school as compared with the success of those who have not had high school formal grammar. The study, therefore, is an attempt to show the differences existing in preparation for college formal grammar on the part of the students who have had high school …