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Cullen, Jennifer M.; Alber-Morgan, Sheila R.; Schnell, Senny T.; Wheaton, Joe E. – Remedial and Special Education, 2014
Reading comprehension is a critical skill for school success. Struggling readers can benefit from computer-assisted instruction that utilizes components of effective instruction (e.g., frequent practice, immediate feedback). The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Headsprout Comprehension, a computer-assisted reading program, on…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Computer Assisted Instruction
Gifford, Myrna; Cochran, Judith; Graham, Glenn; Wiersma, William – 1997
The Phonics Demonstration Project was developed through the Ohio Department of Education as a means for introducing systematic, direct phonics instruction in the primary grades. Twenty-one Ohio school districts participated in the program. Initial year evaluation of the project focused on whether systematic, intensive phonics instruction was being…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics, Primary Education, Program Implementation
Cintavey, Kathleen – 1989
A study investigated the relationship between attendance and reading ability and the difference in attendance or reading ability attributed to gender or race. The measuring instrument was the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests. An interracial group comprised of 33 students, 18 males and 15 females, was placed in a semester-long reading improvement…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attendance, High School Students, High Schools
BRAKE, RACHEL G.; ELDER, RICHARD D. – 1967
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF READING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS WAS COMPILED FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN WAYNE COUNTY SCHOOLS, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF ALL THE READING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE AND TO ENABLE THEM TO EVALUATE THESE MATERIALS IN TERMS OF LOCAL NEED. THE MATERIALS…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Books, Childrens Literature