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Peer reviewedLasser-Cohen, Hadara – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1989
The effectiveness of the Program for Fostering of Reading and Thinking for disadvantaged adolescents in Israel was assessed during a controlled study using 133 eighth and ninth graders. The study assessed verbal reasoning exercises, special training effects, and various types of texts and cognitive operations. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
