10-second review: Early authors program. Struggling first-grade readers. Interest in reading.
Title: “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English.” R Beach, et al. Research in the Teaching of English (November2007), 188-227.
Summaries:
Early Authors Program in which pre-school students, their teachers and families create texts about themselves and the important things in their lives. Suggests that programs that engage and empower young students who are likely to experience school-related difficulties may have profound effects on their long-term academic success. J Berhard, et al. p. 208 (2006). [Comment: Sounds like a natural for language experience in which children dictate stories on a topic and try to read them back. RayS.]
Struggling first-grade readers: Data demonstrated that tutoring was more effective than small-group instruction for teaching reading to struggling readers. LC Ehri, et al. p. 209 (2007).
Interest in reading and the computer: The researchers found that students who used computers more frequently to write reports or stories and to look up information also tended to show greater interest in reading JD House p. 205 (2007).
Comment: Stands to reason. Most of what students would find in looking up information on the computer has to be read. RayS.
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