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50 Years of ERIC
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Families and School Personnel Involved in a Literacy and Physical Activity Partnership
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Richardson, James A.; Richardson, Maurine V.; Sacks, Mary Kathleen – Reading Improvement, 2006
A traditional part of American education has been to include the families in the educational process of their children. The needs and complexities of today's families and classrooms have never been greater. Programs and activities used with families, and school interactions 10 to 15 years ago are not effective for today's complex families and…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Family Involvement
Paths to Reading and Writing through the Visual Arts.
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Richardson, Maurine V.; Sacks, Mary Kathleen; Ayers, Mary N. – Reading Improvement, 2003
Notes that using the visual arts enables students to gain better eye-hand coordination, visual representation skills, communicate ideas, and deeper understanding of the process of discovery. Considers how each of these areas contributes to the development of thinking, creating, problem solving and expressing thoughts through symbols. (SG)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, Reading Instruction
Motivating Students To Read: Using Authors and Literature from Their Home State.
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Richardson, Maurine V.; Miller, Margaret B. – Reading Improvement, 2001
Suggests a possibility of resolving the problem of reading motivation for some students. Considers that children and adults like to read about familiar places such as their home state with people and settings that they know about written by authors who live or have lived in that state. Includes a list of 50 books (arranged by state) for the upper…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection
Intergenerational Literacy Leads to Empowerment of Families and Schools.
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Richardson, Maurine V.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1995
Discusses current definitions of intergenerational and family literacy, how school districts may become involved, strategies that families may implement, and how districts should remain part of the process that will lead to the empowerment of families and schools in the development of intergenerational literacy and the eventual achievement of the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Intergenerational Programs
Reading, Writing with Art Leads to Literacy.
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Richardson, Maurine V.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1993
Suggests that the combination of reading, writing, and art has the potential to reach those students who may not be reached by other vehicles. Describes the use of the directed reading, writing, and art activity, which has been used with all students from the gifted to those in Chapter 1 Reading and Resource classrooms. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Reading Improvement
Imagery during Reading Improves Comprehension of the At-Risk Reader.
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Richardson, Maurine V.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1993
Explains a strategy to improve comprehension and self-confidence in the at-risk reader. Notes that the method--The Image Format--has six steps that are interactive and interdependent. Finds that the results of the technique is self-repeated expansion of comprehension and self-confidence. Provides instruction on design, teacher use, and student…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Imagery, Instructional Effectiveness