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Cleland, Craig J. – Reading World, 1983
Argues that, apart from the students themselves, clinicians and parents are the most important elements in determining the success or failure of the reading clinic. Discusses the unique strengths of each group. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Program Effectiveness
Ehrlich, Myrna – Academic Therapy, 1982
Minilessons are used in a reading clinic and in the classroom to determine if the reading disabled student is best able to learn new words through visual, auditory, or visual motor channels. Language experience stories are also generated along with a writing sample. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Learning Modalities, Reading Centers
Charp, Sylvia – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
Described are impressions of the Writing to Read program. The program is described and the apparent advantages are stated. General observations include teacher and student impressions of the program. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
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Flippo, Rona F. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Presents a practical method of conducting conferences with developmental students in large college reading/study skills programs. Suggests that the method could also be used to monitor and document students' attitudinal changes and perceived progress throughout a term. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Centers, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
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Cleland, Craig J. – Reading World, 1982
Offers six suggestions for making the college student's encounter with the reading clinic a pleasant and successful one. (FL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reading Centers
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Kleinmann, Howard H. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Explains the Monitor Model of adult second-language development. Describes a study conducted at Queens College to assess the value of mandatory reading laboratory attendance for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language), Reading Achievement
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Wilson, Maurice T.; Jeremiah, Milford A. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Describes a study of reading skills improvement among 362 Morgan State University freshmen who were assigned to a corrective reading course after scoring below the tenth grade level on the McGraw-Hill Reading Test. Posttest scores showed significant improvement in reading skills. (PAA)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Higher Education
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Reading Teacher, 1982
Contributors suggest techniques for teaching kindergarten children to read, celebrating Black Heritage Week, developing critical reading and thinking skills, building a classroom library, motivating young readers, and involving parents in reading instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Black Culture, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
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Journal of Reading, 1984
Contributors offer suggestions concerning parents as reading stimulators, book discussions, a test bank for the secondary school/college reading lab, standardized reading tests, television reading, plagiarism, vocabulary development, and book reports. (FL)
Descriptors: Books, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Learning Activities
Rumford, John – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes South Carolina's Governor's Remediation Initiative (GRI), an instructional management system that links diagnostic tests and teaching modules for use by high school mathematics and reading laboratories. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education