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50 Years of ERIC
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Valencia, Sheila W.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and its activities. Offers a summary of the 1990 NAEP reading assessment, and describes the 1992 reading assessment. Looks ahead to future NAEP projects and student assessment. (PRA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
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Iwicki, Ann L. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes an activity used with fifth graders to keep the children using new vocabulary acquired during a shared literature study. (PRA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Instruction
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Opitz, Michael F. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes the Cooperative Reading Activity (CRA), a technique used with third graders to show them that everyone could read a part of a literature selection and contribute to another's learning. (PRA)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Grade 3, Learning Processes, Primary Education
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Mulhall, Monica – Reading Teacher, 1992
Outlines a method for teaching kindergarten students to model and write journal entries. Discusses also responding to the entries, assessment, the writing environment, and parent involvement. (PRA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Family Involvement, Journal Writing, Kindergarten
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Reissman, Rose – Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes an activity that reinforces writing and reading skills while teaching about the democratic process. (PRA)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cooperative Learning, Learning Processes, Middle Schools
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White, Maureen C.; Lawrence, Susan Mary – Reading Teacher, 1992
Offers an approach for integrating reading and writing through literature study. Discusses preparing the classroom environment, prereading activities, sustained silent reading, minilessons for related skills, enrichment, and a follow-up activity. (PRA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
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Karges-Bone, Linda – Reading Teacher, 1992
Offers seven reasons for using Big Books with young children. Discusses how to make and use Big Books. (PRA)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection
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Manning, John C. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Discusses concerns about the current state of elementary school reading programs. Suggests specific ways these programs may be improved for the benefit of children and society. Discusses priority of reading in the schools, beginning reading programs, remedial reading programs, staff development programs, and the incidence and quality of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Quality, Elementary Education, Independent Reading
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Turner, Julianne; Paris, Scott G. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Finds that the most reliable indicator of students' motivation for literacy learning is not the type of reading program that districts follow, but the actual daily tasks that teachers provide in their classrooms. Describes open tasks that provide challenge, choice, student control over learning, and opportunities to collaborate with others and to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
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Erickson, Karen A.; Koppenhaver, David A. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes an instructional program developed for children with severe disabilities. Discusses how the combined use of technology and child-centered instruction resulted in the active participation of these severely disabled students in reading and writing activities. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Literacy, Program Descriptions
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Deegan, Dorothy H. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Raises issues related to the relationship between literacy practices and literacy philosophies and theories. Addresses the question of whether the "great debate" regarding literacy education can and should be resolved. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Literacy
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Spiegel, Dixie Lee – Reading Teacher, 1995
Responds to an article in the same journal that raises issues related to the relationship between literacy practices and literacy philosophies and theories. Suggests that the "great debate" regarding reading instruction cannot be resolved. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Literacy
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Kameenui, Edward J. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Responds to an article in the same journal that raises issues related to the relationship between literacy practices and literacy philosophies and theories. Recommends that educators get on with the business of teaching all students to read. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Literacy
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Deegan, Dorothy H. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Comments briefly on two responses to this author's article in the same journal that raises issues related to the relationship between literacy philosophies and theories and literacy practices. Suggests that the "great debate" continue. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Literacy
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Pierce, Kathryn Mitchell; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1995
Presents brief annotations of 41 new children's books organized into 6 groups that include travel memoirs, folktales, stories of cultures coming together, biographies of African American women of achievement, and books about unusual and fascinating careers. (SR)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Blacks, Books, Career Awareness
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