Discusses some errors students make while reading orally which indicate reading difficulty and serve as evidence that can be used in diagnosing the reading problem. (RB)

Provides references to improve oral reading. Presents a diagnostical and remediable disability and diagnostic techniques for assessing rate and prosody. Describes remedial strategies for the use of reading teachers and clinicians which have been found to be effective in improving oral reading fluency. (MG)

Noting that 80% of children will learn to read no matter what method is used to teach them, this information sheet offers a brief overview of research on reading impairments undertaken at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The information sheet first describes the casualties of mild and severe reading…

Demonstrates that the practice of classifying children who have learning disabilities may do more harm than good when the labeling is done by teachers who should concern themselves with instruction and leave diagnosing to doctors. (RB)

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 1,200 students in K-5 at three elementary schools. Most of the students are black, live in the inner area of a large city, and come from low-income families. The program provides an opportunity for diagnostic treatment, remediation, motivation, and observation of each…

This document reports on Parkway Missouri School District's Right to Read Reading Clinic aimed at improving the reading abilities of elementary school students. The contents consist of objectives, staffing procedures, testing, diagnosis, diagnostic tests, screening tests, case report forms, remediation phases, case study, case report, counselor…

This working paper discusses the utilization of the Prototypic System for Reading Instruction (PSRI) in the Wilson School at Janesville, Wisconsin. The core of the PSRI is a scope and sequence statement which outlines the skills normally taught in kindergarten to grade six: word attack, comprehension, study skills, self-directed reading,…

In order to carry out the objective that students identified as retarded in reading will increase their reading achievement ot a predicted level based on accumulated data and diagnostic results, activities centered around three areas of concentration. (1) An exemplary program for the diagnosis of reading disabilities was established. Project area…

Emphasis in the Jennings, Missouri, Learning Laboratory Program is placed on improving reading and language arts skills by first diagnosing and assessing the disability and then developing an individually prescribed program in which the student can utilize his strengths and remedy his weaknesses. With the goal of improving the English-reading…

Argues that encouraging poor readers to correct their miscues helps them to improve their skills in reading for meaning. Proposes a four-step procedure to encourage corrections. (FL)

Presents a case study of an elementary school boy with above-average intelligence who recognized only four words after two years of reading instruction. Describes how the subject read seventh-grade material with accurate word recognition and excellent comprehension after three and a half years of individualized instruction. Discusses components of…

This study was designed to survey and describe the preservice education, inservice education, and the stated needs and problems of elementary school teachers of reading, grades one through six, in selected parishes of southwestern Louisiana and, also, to make comparisons in the manner each of eight dichotomous groups of respondents who had…

A third-grade teacher's account of her struggle to determine the most appropriate methods for teaching reading skills includes grouping techniques, methods for creating interest in reading among the students, techniques for diagnosing reading levels, and a fifth dimensional approach to teaching beginning reading. (JN)

Presents data collected from an assessment of the reading skills of 19 elementary students diagnosed with an attention deficit disorder. Offers recommendations for interventions based on the results of the assessment. Discusses teaching techniques and strategies that address the specific reading deficits reflected in the data. (SR)

By examining the full range of uses of the cloze procedure, this book intends to help teachers use the procedure to better understand the reading behavior of their students and to assist their students in making reading progress. Chapter 1 defines the cloze procedure and discusses the similarities and differences in reading processes when using…