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Religions in Fiction for Junior and Senior High Students.
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Knafle, June D. – Reading Improvement, 2001
Examines current adolescent fiction of award-winning and widely read authors according to religious themes concerning Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Native American religions, African spirit religions, and the occult, supernatural, and New Age. Finds that the portrayal of religions and its adherents is very mixed, depending upon the religion.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Content Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Fiction
Comparative Difficulty of Vowel and Consonant Sounds for Beginning Readers
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Williams, Martha Steele; Knafle, June D. – Reading Improvement, 1977
Presents results of two experiments which measured difficulty of learning vowel and consonant sounds and revealed significantly more correct responses for consonant sounds than for vowel sounds. (JM)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Consonants, Kindergarten Children
The Effective Components of Children's Pictures.
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Legenza, Alice; Knafle, June D. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Indicates that pictures that elicit children's language depict more actions, children, and people than do pictures that elicit lesser amounts of language from children. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Illustrations, Language Research
Assessing Values in Children's Books.
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Knafle, June D.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1988
Reports the development of a scale to assess values in children's books. Applies the scale to Caldecott winners from 1938 to 1986. Concludes that the scale could be useful for research purposes or teacher training classroom exercises. (MM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Instructional Material Evaluation, Reading Material Selection
Variations in Cloze Error Profiles at Independent, Instructional, and Frustration Levels.
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Wescott, Alice Legenza; Knafle, June D. – Reading Improvement, 1982
Concludes that there is a predictable error pattern between independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels for both American and English-as-a-second-language adults. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language)