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   Learning to Read in American Schools: Basal Readers and Content Texts » Read Now

   by Richard C. Anderson, Jean Osborn, Robert J. Tierney. 308 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...TO READ IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS: Basal Readers and Content Text -ii- LEARNING TO READ IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS: Basal Readers and Content Texts Edited by...comprehension...
   
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   Graphic Organizers: An Integral Component to Facilitate Comprehension during Basal Reading Instruction, in Reading Improvement » Read Now

   by James D. Kirylo, Courtney P. Millet. 8 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

   ...practical tool while using basal readers. In a concrete way, utilizing...various strategies to use basal readers more efficiently...more effectively during basal reading...
   
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   Reading Teachers' Attitudes toward Basal Reader Use and State Adoption Policies, in Journal of Educational Research » Read Now

   by Connie Cloud-Silva, Mark Sadoski. 12 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...determine (a) their attitudes toward basal readers as a teaching method; (b) the...that although teachers rely on basal readers extensively, this reliance...
   
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   Understanding and Teaching Reading: An Interactive Model (Chap. 6 "Introducing Children to Reading: The Language Experience Story, Basal Readers, Trade Books, Expository Texts, Individualized Reading, Whole Language, and Literature-Based Reading") » Read Now

   by Emerald Dechant. 522 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

   ...The Language Experience Story, Basal Readers, Trade Books, Expository Texts...Forty percent of fourth-grade poor readers would rather clean their room...that are recognized...
   
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   Reconceptualizing Readability: The Relationship between Surface and Underlying Structure Analyses in Predicting the Difficulty of Basal Reader Stories, in Journal of Educational Research » Read Now

   by Shane Templeton, Carolyn T. Cain, James O. Miller. 6 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...for this lack of attention to basal readers is probably the magnitude of...readability; second, the use of basal readers in instruction; and third, the...preparation of...
   
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   An Analysis of Changes in a Selected Basal Reading Series, in Education » Read Now

   by Bennie G. Barron, Martha Henderson, Linda Edwards. 3 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...areas and types of revisions. The Harcourt Brace Jovanovich basal was selected because it has undergone systematic revisions since...been made to improve teacher...
   
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   Reader Response in Elementary Classrooms: Quest and Discovery ("Basalizing and Trivializing Children's Literature" begins on p. 308) » Read Now

   by Nicholas J. Karolides. 384 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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   A Comparison of Basal Reader Language and the Oral Language of Beginning First Grade Children, in Journal of Educational Research » Read Now

   by R. Timothy Rush, Alden J. Moe, John C. Manning. 4 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...Tests for Oral Language and Primary Basal Readers...study, it was hypothesized that basal reader language would be less complex...results of the study indicate that basal...
   
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   Second Graders' Strategic Preferences While Reading Basal Stories, in Journal of Educational Research » Read Now

   by Donna E. Alvermann. 9 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...the core of most basal reading materials...become strategic readers also occurred...comprehend their basal stories. That is...reasonable to expect readers to elaborate...
   
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    Handbook of Reading Research, Vol. II ("Basal Reading Programs" begins on p. 125) » Read Now

    by Rebecca Barr, Michael L. Kamil, Peter B. Mosenthal, P. David Pearson. 1086 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library

    ...instruction design to empower readers. She has published articles...Wixson of Improving Basal Reading Instruction...Perspective , Becoming Readers in a Complex Society...of...
    
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    Instructional Models in Reading ("Basal-Related Activities" begins on p. 115) » Read Now

    by Steven A. Stahl, David A. Hayes. 400 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    Taking Books to Heart: How to Develop a Love of Reading in Your Child (1986) (Chap. 7 "Basal Reader - The Material of Instruction") » Read Now

    by Paul Copperman. 254 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library
    
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    Development in and through Reading, Part I (1961) (Chap. X "Basal Instructional Materials in Reading") » Read Now

    by Nelson B. Henry. 406 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library

    ...behalf of retarded readers, the other describing...X. BASAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS...and filmstrips as basal instructional materials...primers and first-grade readers, are...