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- Poor Reading-Instruction Methods Keep Many Students Illiterate. Brown, Martha C. // Insight on the News;01/31/2000, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p45
Assesses the literacy problem in the United States (US). Introduction of the whole language reading instruction in the mid-1930s; Assertion of G. Reid Lyon, chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, that children need...
- Nonfiction `Book Flood' yields interesting insights. // Reading Today;Apr/May99, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p24
Focuses on the launching of Book Flood, a program designed to support the teaching and learning of literacy skills, in the South Pacific. Trial conducted in the North Island of New Zealand; Implication of the primary findings; Insights gained from the program.
- Memories of Mongolia. // Reading Today;Apr/May99, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p32
Reports the success of the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking project, which is designed to work with teacher trainers and teachers at the elementary and secondary levels, in Mongolia. Overview of the project; How the program works; Comments from program participants.
- Challenging the giant. E. Kazemek, Francis // Reading Today;Jun/Jul2001, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p11
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- Read Across America. Omdal, Marsha // Library Talk;Mar/Apr2000, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p14
Features the reading incentive program with the theme `Read Across America' participated by elementary schools in the United States. Details on the activities of the program; Adaptations made from the program.
- Whole school literacy: raising the game. Scott, Heather // Literacy Today;Jun2002, Issue 31, p13
Describes the development of a literacy policy and practice at Priesthorpe School in Leeds, England. Raising of awareness of the National Literacy Strategy; English department's redesign of lessons to include the essential starter activities; Undertaking of a whole school literacy review;...
- Business volunteers. Courtenay-Evans, Fiona; Pemberton, Amy // Literacy Today;Sep2002, Issue 32, p7
Narrates the involvement of volunteers to reading programs for children and employees. Benefits of UBS Warburg's reading volunteer scheme for both pupils and employees; Involvement of the assistant store manager in the All Books for Children program by the Reading Is Fundamental organization...
- Amy Pemberton. Pemberton, Amy // Literacy Today;Sep2002, Issue 32, p7
Reports on the author's involvement in the All Books for Children project by the Reading Is Fundamental organization and UK/Starbucks Coffee Co. Aim of the project to promote the fundamentals of reading to children aged 0-4 years old.
- One Book choice hard to locate. Davis, Andrea Muirragul // Indianapolis Business Journal;1/6/2003, Vol. 23 Issue 44, p3A
Focuses on the One Book, One City--Indy's Choice reading promotion program in Indianapolis, Indiana. Encouragement of residents to read and discuss the same book; Modeling of the program after similar efforts across the U.S.; Program's timeline; Grant given by Indiana Power and Light to help...
- Adult Literacy Helps Parents Help Children. // NEA Today;Oct99, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p27
Discusses the family literacy program initiated by Susan Doss-Sheater, an adults education teacher, in Escambia County, Florida. Benefit of the program; Success of the program; How the program works; Comments from Doss-Sheater.
