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Download full textNeuman, Susan B. – 1981
Authors of skills management systems may have misinterpreted and misapplied Benjamin Bloom's theory of mastery learning in developing their systems for teaching reading. Skills management procedures are inconsistent with Bloom's theory in the areas of management, learning tasks, skills hierarchy, and instructional methods. In addition, the four…
Descriptors: Individualized Reading, Mastery Learning, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction
Neuman, Susan B.; Koskinen, Patricia – 1991
One theory of second language acquisition argues that children's competence in a second language is a function of the amount of "comprehensible input" acquirers receive and understand, without formal instruction in reading or grammar. To examine this hypothesis, this study analyzes whether comprehensible input in the form of captioned television…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Captions, English (Second Language), Grade 7
