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50 Years of ERIC
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An Analysis of Phonological Awareness Instruction in Four Kindergarten Basal Reading Programs.
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Smith, Sylvia B.; Simmons, Deborah C.; Gleason, Mary M.; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Baker, Scott K.; Sprick, Marilyn; Gunn, Barbara; Thomas, Carrie L.; Chard, David J.; Plasencia-Peinado, Judith; Peinado, Richardo – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Examines the kindergarten level of four commercial basal reading programs published in 1991 and 1993 to determine the adequacy of phonological awareness instruction for learners at risk for reading disabilities and delays. Finds that the phonological awareness instructional procedures in the four basal reading programs failed to integrate critical…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, High Risk Students, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Using the New Basals To Teach the Writing Process: Modifications for Students with Learning Problems.
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Gleason, Mary M.; Isaacson, Stephen – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Summarizes research for teaching writing to students with learning problems. Develops, from the literature review, a checklist of instructional features and uses of the checklist to examine two fifth-grade basal textbooks. Concludes by recommending modifications: add modeling to the instruction, make parts of the instruction more explicitly…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Learning Problems
The Role of Evidence in Argumentative Writing.
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Gleason, Mary M. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1999
Discusses a model of argumentation adapted for instructional intervention with general education students and students with learning disabilities (LD). Reports results from three studies in which an experimental intervention has achieved some success in addressing the difficulties that students with LD have with argumentative writing. Draws…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Persuasive Discourse, Secondary Education
Using Direct Instruction to Integrate Reading and Writing for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Gleason, Mary M. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1995
Reviews research on effective strategies for teaching reading comprehension; written composition of narrative and expository text; and strategies for integrating reading and writing. Provides a set of teaching guidelines after each research review. Argues for teaching reading and writing as connected processes that have similar structures. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction