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Heller, Marvin; Hornby, Joyce – 1981
The skills-based method of remedial reading instruction is based on a medical model, in that it focuses instructional efforts solely on "curing" what is "wrong" with a reader. Such attention to students' shortcomings and the labeling of their lack of instant success as a problem causes healthy learners to begin to doubt their own abilities, often…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes
