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McVee, Mary, Ed.; Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Reichenberg, Jennifer, Ed.; Pearson, P. David, Ed. – Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation, 2019
Educators are always in search of approaches that promote student development and academic achievement. Engaging learners in purposeful instruction in skills and strategies is a cornerstone in every classroom. The gradual release of responsibility (GRR) model requires the responsibility of learning to shift from being teacher-centric towards…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Evidence Based Practice, Models, Educational Practices
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan, Ed.; Biancarosa, Gina, Ed.; Berman, Amy I., Ed. – National Academy of Education, 2020
In 2009, the U.S. Institute of Education Sciences (IES) allocated $120 million to establish the Reading for Understanding (RfU) initiative. This initiative responded to concern that children's improvement in reading comprehension had leveled off over the previous few decades, coupled with the observation that research on reading comprehension had…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Intended for reading educators and researchers, this handbook characterizes the current state of methodology and the cumulative research-based knowledge of reading. The book's three sections cover methodological issues, basic reading processes, and instructional practices. The 25 chapters discuss the following topics: (1) reading research history,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Listening Skills
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Hansen, Jane, Ed. – 1977
The papers in this collection represent a wide spectrum of approaches, philosophies, and viewpoints of scholarly endeavor in their treatment of reading theories, research, and processes. The collection begins with an address by the president of the National Reading Conference concerning the tools for reading researchers. The remaining 53 articles…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Processing, Learning Disabilities
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Hansen, Jane, Ed. – 1978
The papers in this collection represent a wide spectrum of approaches, philosophies, viewpoints, and techniques of scholarly endeavor in their treatment of reading and its cognitive processes. The 48 articles, presented at the 1977 meeting of the National Reading Conference, are arranged according to the following categories: (1) reading and…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Samuels, S. Jay, Ed.; Pearson, P. David, Ed. – 1988
Intended as a response to the call for reform of education in the United States, this volume presents theories and practical examples school personnel can use in order to bring about change in reading programs. The articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Characteristics of Exemplary Reading Programs" (S. Jay Samuels); (2)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading, Curriculum Development
Kamil, Michael L., Ed.; Mosenthal, Peter B., Ed.; Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Barr, Rebecca, Ed. – 2000
A comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues in the field of reading research, this book presents 47 essays that examine literacy through a variety of lenses--some permitting microscopic views and others panoramic views. Essays in the book cover current methodology as well as cumulative research-based knowledge. Essays in Part I…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Dyslexia, Educational Policy