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50 Years of ERIC
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Neilsen, Lorri – Reading Teacher, 1992
Asserts that William Blake's phrase, "eternity's sunrise," captures the essence of the teaching and learning enterprise. Discusses new horizons in education and teachers who are daily reinventing their teaching. Warns against adopting educational change to be fashionable. (PRA)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Literacy Education
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Wepner, Shelley B. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Uses teachers' initiatives in 3 content areas--social studies, science, and mathematics--to highlight how 13 software packages are and can be used to support instruction. (PRA)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
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Greer, Eunice Ann – Reading Teacher, 1992
Reviews the assessment systems which accompany three of the most recently published and widely used basal reading programs. Examines the materials designed for the second half of second grade and for fifth grade. (PRA)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Programs, Reading Tests
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Bidwell, Sandra M. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Recommends using drama in the reading classroom, and offers suggestions for selecting stories, using puppets, and creating sets. (PRA)
Descriptors: Drama, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
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Gauthier, Lane Roy – Reading Teacher, 1992
Offers a strategy for providing an opportunity for students to develop the ability to think critically. Uses character charts to encourage fourth and fifth graders to make critical judgments as they listen to stories read aloud by the teacher. (PRA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Intermediate Grades, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Comprehension
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Swan, Ann M. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Asserts that wordless picture books offer a valuable but frequently overlooked opportunity to develop literacy competencies in young children. Describes how to use picture books to encourage writing, reading, listening, speaking, and social skills. (PRA)
Descriptors: Literacy, Picture Books, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
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Cardarelli, Aldo F. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes a program in which groups of middle school and junior high teachers read and discuss popular, best-selling literature, for the purposes of promoting their personal reading and enhancing school faculty camaraderie. (PRA)
Descriptors: Discussion, Faculty Development, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation
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Moje, Elizabeth B.; Shyu, Woan-Ru – Reading Teacher, 1992
Reflects on the contributions of Dr. Seuss to the field of children's literature. (PRA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
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Fielding, Linda; Roller, Cathy – Reading Teacher, 1992
Presents a variety of activities teachers can use to provide students access to fiction and nonfiction books along a continuum of difficulty. (PRA)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
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Bearse, Carol I. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Examines the conscious and unconscious reading connections that third grade children made when they wrote fairy tales after spending six weeks studying fairy tales. Finds that students make intertextual links and that students internalized the rhythm, cadence, and sentence structure of fairy tales. (PRA)
Descriptors: Fairy Tales, Grade 3, Primary Education, Reading Processes
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Yopp, Hallie Kay – Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes the concept of phonemic awareness and offers suggestions to classroom teachers on how to enhance phonemic awareness in their students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonemes, Phonemic Awareness
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Cullinan, Bernice E. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Reviews picture books on the family-of-many-cultures theme, which can be used in primary and intermediate grades. Reviews books about the explorations of Christopher Columbus (appropriate for intermediate- and upper-level students) and books of poetry. (PRA)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
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Jongsma, Kathleen Stumpf – Reading Teacher, 1992
Discusses two recent stories in the newspaper "Education Week" and the need for educators to be aware of recent research to make informed decisions about teaching methods. (PRA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Research Utilization
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Armbruster, Bonnie B. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Discusses the challenge of answering questions and suggests how teachers can help students learn how to answer questions as they learn to read. (PRA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension
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Moore, Sharon Arthur; Moore, David W. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Discusses four books that can help teachers offer students opportunities to engage in purposeful oral language activities. (PRA)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Literacy
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