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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Reading Conference: Questions, Information, Activities and Feedback.
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Demos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Offers suggestions to help teachers plan for more effective conferences with parents. (FL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship
School-Based Reading Programs.
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Demos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Discusses the major components, weaknesses, and strengths of three types of reading programs: the basal reading approach, the language experience approach, and the individualized reading approach. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Language Experience Approach
Parents, Schools, and HSSR.
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Demos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Describes a schoolwide reading project that involves parents in reinforcing children's application of reading skills. During Home Sustained Silent Reading (HSSR), both parents and children read without interruption for a fixed period of time to foster the enjoyment of reading. (SRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Reading, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Technological Resources for Parents.
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Demos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1988
Fourth in a series of four articles devoted to parents and reading. Describes how parents can use recent technological advances such as television, VCRs, and computers to enhance their children's reading, writing, and problem-solving skills. (ARH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Parent Participation
Reading is Fun: A School Reading Motivation Project.
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Demos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Describes a program to improve the reading motivation of elementary school students that involved the school, a university, and the community. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Role, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Parents: An Untapped Resource.
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Demos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Third in a series of four articles devoted to parents and reading. Focuses upon parental involvement in reading and examines research and activities that can be beneficial at home and at school. (HTH)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Modeling (Psychology)