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Peer reviewedTaylor, Barbara M.; Hanson, Barbara E.; Justice-Swanson, Karen; Watts, Susan M. – Reading Teacher, 1997
Describes a reading intervention program that combined a modified enrichment program with cross-age tutoring and that resulted in significant gains in reading for both students and tutors. (SR)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textChilders, Robert D. – 1989
This report evaluates the Writing to Read (WTR) program instituted in 1988 in 13 West Virginia elementary schools as the result of a partnership between the IBM Corporation and the federal Appalachian Regional Commission. The WTR labs, also installed in 42 Kentucky and Virginia schools, use a computer-based instructional system to develop the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Experimental Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation
Reid, Ethna R. – 1996
The goal of the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) is to improve elementary and secondary students' ability to use their language--to read fluently and with expression, to understand what they read and hear, and to use this understanding so they can communicate effectively. ECRI is a pre- and in-service program for teachers to learn…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkSlavin, Robert E.; Cheung, Alan – Review of Educational Research, 2005
This article reviews experimental studies comparing bilingual and English-only reading programs for English language learners. The review method is best-evidence synthesis, which uses a systematic literature search, quantification of outcomes as effect sizes, and extensive discussion of individual studies that meet inclusion standards. A total of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
