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BYRD, CHARLENE H. – 1964
A REALISTIC LOOK AT STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS AND EARLY OBSERVATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SILENT AND ORAL READING SITUATIONS REVEALED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE 7TH AND 8TH GRADE PUPILS WERE DISABLED READERS. SIX SPECIFIC AIMS WERE--REFINING COMPREHENSION SKILLS, EXTENDING INTERESTS AND RECOGNITION SKILLS, IMPROVING READING, STRENGTHENING WORD…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
Hosey, Joseph G.; Rapaport, Chester R. – Journal of Business Education, 1976
Presents a brief study of a cooperative program to improve reading skills. (TA)
Descriptors: Business Education, College Students, Core Curriculum, Educational Research
PDF pending restorationGriggs, Shirley A. – 1975
This project funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, was designed to improve the mathematics skills of 328 males and females serving prison sentences or awaiting trial in the Rikers Island Penitentiary. For the male population exclusively, the project was designed to improve reading skills and English usage and comprehension. The…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, English (Second Language), Mathematics Instruction, Prisoners
KRANER, ROBERT E. – 1964
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF THE TWO METHODS OF LISTENING AND READING INSTRUCTION WHEN USED IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM AT THE EIGHTH-GRADE LEVEL AS RELATED TO LISTENING, READING, STUDY SKILLS, AND ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT WAS PRESENTED. ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SIX REGULARLY SCHEDULED ENGLISH CLASSES WERE ASSIGNED BY CLASSES TO…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction, Grade 8
JOHNSTON, FRANK P.; AND OTHERS – 1954
AN ENGLISH PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE PRINCIPLES AND AIMS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THE STUDENT IN A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL HAS BEEN MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR A SPECIFIC OCCUPATION. THE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH COURSE SHOULD CAPITALIZE ON THIS MOTIVATION BY OFFERING THE STUDENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS CLOSELY RELATED TO HIS…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, English Instruction, High Schools
FELDMANN, SHIRLEY; WEINER, MAY – 1963
A READING PROGNOSIS TEST TO MEASURE FUTURE ABILITY, BASED ON PRESENT SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, OF CHILDREN FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS WAS CONDUCTED. IT SOUGHT TO AVOID TWO MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS OF STANDARDIZED READING READINESS TESTS (1) THAT CHILDREN OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL WERE INCLUDED IN THE NORMS AND THEREFORE SCORES OF THESE CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Lower Class Students, Measurement Instruments, Predictive Measurement
Direct linkOlson, Lynn – Education Week, 2005
From President Bush on down, the pressure is on to fix America's high schools. Despite a broad consensus that something is seriously wrong with the institution, deep fault lines remain about the remedies. Part of the reluctance to address high schools has been their complexity. The sheer size, departmental structure, mission creep, and other…
Descriptors: High Schools, Testing Programs, Reading Skills, National Competency Tests
BLYTH, JOHN W. – 1964
THE GREATEST PROBLEM FACING EDUCATION TODAY IS THE ERADICTION OF ILLITERACY IN OUR OWN AND OTHER COUNTRIES. TEACHING READING TO ILLITERATE ADULTS IS PRIMARILY A MATTER OF ESTABLISHING THE PROPER CORRELATION BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS OF THE WRITTEN LANGUAGE, WHICH ARE UNKNOWN TO THEM, AND ELEMENTS OF THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE ALREADY IN THEIR REPERTOIRE. THE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Autoinstructional Aids, Beginning Reading
CROHN, BURRILL L. – 1964
ADULT ILLITERACY RESULTS FROM POVERTY, AND, MANY TIMES, SUPPRESSION. ILLITERACY IS SELF-MAINTAINING BECAUSE ILLITERATES CANNOT GAIN NEW KNOWLEDGE OR FULLY PARTICIPATE IN ECONOMIC, CULTURAL OR POLITICAL LIFE OF THEIR SOCIETY. THE PROJECT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION TO THE TEACHING OF READING TO ADULT ILLITERATES.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Autoinstructional Aids, Beginning Reading
Peer reviewedSanacore, Joseph – Clearing House, 1988
Contends that learning centers must obtain "curricular congruence" with the classroom to provide remedial students with the content and strategies they need for achieving success in subject-matter classrooms. Suggests that better efforts are needed to coordinate remedial and classroom instruction. (MS)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Instructional Materials
Lott, Winsor A. – 1980
Competency testing in New York State began in the nineteenth century, first with a local testing mandate and later with the "preliminary Regents examinations," which were administered at the end of the eighth grade. Optional competency tests were introduced in 1962, and in 1976 the Board of Regents mandated the passing of a series of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textHeitzman, Andrew J. – 1968
The New York State Center for Migrant Studies conducted this 1968 study which investigated effects of token reinforcers on reading and arithmetic skills learnings of migrant primary school students during a 6-week summer school session. Students (Negro and Caucasian) received plastic tokens to reward skills learning responses. Tokens were traded…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Arithmetic, Blacks, Educational Psychology
Hicks, Ruby Mereday – 1990
A study was conducted to address the need for the public school system to provide an enriched curriculum for classroom teachers with "at-risk" students. It also examined whether students who had been exposed to a variety of supporting and related techniques of letter recognition through systematic instruction would be able to…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Decoding (Reading), Grade 3, High Risk Students
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. – 1966
A CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND A FUSED CURRICULUM IN BEGINNING READING. THE CURRICULUM HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND TENTATIVELY EVALUATED AS PART OF "PROJECT LITERACY," A BASIC RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN AREAS OF EDUCATION RELEVANT TO THE ACQUISITION OF LITERACY SKILLS. THE FOCUS OF THE CURRICULUM WAS ON A…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Conferences
Bossone, Richard M. – 1970
Problems in the reading and study skills of students in City University of New York (CUNY) community colleges are the subject of this report. Questionnaires asking for information on factors related to these problems were completed by 496 CUNY students. Results indicate that, among other things: (1) there is a high correlation between reading and…
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Educational Research, Institutional Research, Reading Ability
