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Ogletree, Earl J.; Ogletree, Gerda S. – 1976
The Direct Instructional System for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading (DISTAR) was developed to provide beginning and remedial instruction to disadvantaged children. This paper describes the DISTAR reading program, noting its heavy emphasis on programmed learning and repetitive drill exercises; it then cites the opinions of proponents and opponents…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Beginning Reading, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
