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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has updated its 2009 intervention report for SuccessMaker®, a set of computer-based courses designed to supplement regular K-8 reading instruction. The program is designed to improve skills in areas such as concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
Terry, Bobby K. – Online Submission, 2011
Texas has some of the lowest SAT scores in the nation. They are ranked 36th nationwide in graduation rates and teacher salaries rank at number 33. The public school system in Texas has problems with overcrowding, violence, and poor performance on standardized testing. Currently 300,000 families have opted out of the public school system in order…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Curriculum Development, Program Development, Learning Theories
BLUMENFELD, J.P.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS PILOT STUDY ATTEMPTED (1) TO DETERMINE THOSE GRAMMATICAL CONSTRAINTS IN ENGLISH WHICH SEEM MOST SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO READING SKILL AND (2) TO DISCOVER WHETHER TRAINING IN THOSE GRAMMATICAL CONSTRAINTS COULD IMPROVE READING SKILL. USING CLOZE TESTS, WHICH ARE PASSAGES WITH WORDS DELETED IN SOME SYSTEMATIC FASHION, STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English Instruction, Grammar, Reading Comprehension
Garcia, Maripaz – Online Submission, 2004
Background: Integrating reading in foreign language (FL) classes is sometimes a difficult task because of lack of appropriate methodology and poor textbook support. In addition, college students find many readings too difficult to understand or not interesting. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how a teacher-researcher…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies