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Peer reviewedSweet, Anne P.; Guthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1996
Looks at the spectrum of motivations children bring into the classroom and discusses how these motivations connect to instruction. Shows that intrinsic motivations sustain long-term literacy learning; extrinsic motivation controls behavior temporarily; intrinsic motivations are needed in integrated instruction; and extrinsic motivations are needed…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Incentives, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1996
Shares the author's vision of literacy engagement. Offers a portrait of an engaged fifth-grade literacy learner and then discusses what engagement in literacy is, why it is important, how classroom contexts foster literacy engagement, and how teachers can build engaging classroom contexts. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Literacy, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Lists the proposed projects for the NIE funded research program at the Center for the Study of Reading in Urbana, Illinois. (HOD)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Research Projects, Research Proposals
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Advocates communicating the conventional wisdom about teaching to researchers so we can reduce the amount of trivial research that is conducted. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Psychology, Educational Research, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Discusses the compensatory and regular reading programs examined by the Educational Testing Service. (HOD)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Suggests grouping by social patterns as well as ability patterns. (MKM)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Paragraphs which contain a topic sentence and other highly related supportive information lead to better comprehension and recall than paragraphs constructed in a less organized fashion. (MKM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Paragraphs
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Explores character identification as a means of increasing motivation for reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Characterization, Identification (Psychology), Motivation Techniques, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
A study of about 3,000 sixth- and seventh-grade children, conducted by Barbara Heyns, suggests that normal development in reading over the summer requires reading for about one hour a day. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Development, Reading Research
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Reviews research which indicates that children should be taught to consider their purpose for reading and should receive feedback on whether they have achieved their purpose. (MKM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Paragraph Composition, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Discusses responses to surveys about reasons for reading and notes that, when asked for reasons why they read, most people say they read for knowledge or pleasure, but when answers are explored in depth people show considerable variation in their purposes for reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adults, Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Reading Research
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
States that the term "reading disability" is a disease metaphor that narrows our ability to work with failure and that it is necessary to diagnosis a child's reading problem accurately in order to treat the problem adequately. (MKM)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Metaphors, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Describes a psychologist's encounter with a classroom teacher as he attempts to explain how children remember fairy tales. (MKM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Fables, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Explains Bruno Bettelheim's theory that fantasy provides emotional benefits for children and suggests research possibilities to test the theory. (MKM)
Descriptors: Catharsis, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Presents a dialogue between a student and an examiner that demonstrates the difficulty of diagnosing a comprehension problem. (MKM)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
