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50 Years of ERIC
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Buttery, Thomas J. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Discusses five factors that may influence the reading readiness of mainstreamed children: visual and auditory capabilities, motor development, spatial concepts, vocabulary development, and social and emotional status. Offers suggestions for use in facilitating a mainstreamed child's reading development. (FL)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
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Buttery, Thomas J.; Powell, Jack V. – Reading Improvement, 1978
Categorizes observed teacher feedback behaviors, indicating 19 types that are predominantly affirmative in tone. Finds that teacher questions vary according to intra- and intergrade groupings, as do pupil frequencies of wrong responses and no responses. (RL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Feedback
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Buttery, Thomas J.; Mason, George E. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Covers two major aspects of reading instruction for mildly mentally handicapped children in the regular classroom: a review of their reading characteristics and a presentation of questioning techniques useful for promoting their reading comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation, Reading Improvement
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Buttery, Thomas J.; Parks, Debora – Reading Improvement, 1988
Describes the basics of optical laser disc technology and interactive videodisc (IVD) systems. Discusses the attributes and limitations of the use of an IVD system in curriculum implementation. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Buttery, Thomas J.; Reitzammer, Ann F. – Reading Improvement, 1987
Analyzes the creative writing of 94 second-grade children in a suburban elementary school, comparing boys' and girls' creative writings when the composition was elicited from realistic fiction, fantasy, and fantasy in conjunction with stuffed animals and wind-up toys. Also examines the combined creativity of boys' and girls' compositions and the…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Females, Grade 2