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Direct linkGest, Scott D.; Gest, Julia M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2005
This study examined the effects of individual reading tutoring on the time-on-task and student-teacher interactions of students displaying early signs of academic and behavior problems. Participants were 17 students in Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 who were rated by classroom teachers as below average in academic skills and above average in…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Behavior Problems, Reading Skills, Tutoring
Download full textMorris, Darrell – 1995
A study described and evaluated "First Steps," an intervention program for low-reading first graders that was implemented in four rural schools in western North Carolina. First Steps borrows heavily from Reading Recovery but differs significantly in the areas of pre-post assessment, tutor training, and teaching procedures. Attention was…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, Low Achievement, Primary Education
Turpie, Joy J.; Paratore, Jeanne R. – 1994
A study investigated whether the practice of repeated reading enables first-grade children participating in a heterogeneous grouping model (which requires them to read difficult text) to acquire the fluency, accuracy, and understanding necessary to become independent readers. Subjects were four children from a public first-grade classroom in a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Grade 1, Heterogeneous Grouping
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
This Read*Write*Now! activity poster presents, on one side, a colorful image encouraging children to share the fun of reading and writing, and, on the other side, 6 activity sheets offering fun and challenging ideas for adults' reading time with children. The activities are designed to expand a child's interest in and enthusiasm for reading and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Community Involvement, Literacy, Parent Participation
Pollock, John S.; Morgan, Kathy L. – 1992
A study evaluated the effectiveness of the Reading Recovery/Early Literacy program, which provided early intervention to underachieving first-grade pupils. A trained Reading Recovery teacher assigned to the program at each of 2 elementary schools daily taught 3 Reading Recovery pupils for 30 minutes each and 4 Early Literacy groups of 5 to 6…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
Lewandowski, Susan – 1994
A program was developed for improving the reading of second-grade students in a progressive suburban community in northern Illinois. The problem was originally noted by an increase in the need for support services and low standardized test scores. Analysis of probable cause data revealed that students lacked knowledge of the relationship between…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 2, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Murphy, Judy – 1994
A program was developed for improving the reading of first-grade students in a progressive suburban community in northern Illinois. The problem was originally noted by an increase in the need for support services and low standardized test scores. Analysis of probable cause data revealed that students lacked knowledge of the relationship between…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 1, Learning Strategies, Primary Education
Peterson, Kathy S. – 1994
A program was developed for improving the reading level of primary special education resource students in a progressive suburban community in the midwest. The problem was originally noted by an increase in the need for support services and low standardized test scores. Analysis of probable cause data revealed that students lacked knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Learning Strategies, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
HANSON, JOSEPH T. – 1967
SEX DIFFERENCES IN READING ACHIEVEMENT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PHONOVISUAL METHOD OF READING INSTRUCTION IN GRADES 1 TO 3 WHEN USED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATE-ADOPTED CO-BASAL READING SERIES WERE STUDIED IN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. SUBJECTS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL (60 IN GRADE 1, 68 IN GRADE 2, 54 IN GRADE 3) WERE…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Johnson, Mary Ann C. – 1979
Eighteen first grade students participated in a study to determine if reading achievement would be significantly higher for children who experienced reading-while-listening to children's literature as an enrichment activity than for children who did not have a similar experience. The children were divided into two treatment groups of equal size.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Listening
Reporting on Reading, 1978
Parents have a significant role in preparing their children to read; they can help shape and strengthen the school's reading program. Articles included in this Right to Read bulletin deal with the following topics: the heightened interest among educators in parent involvement in reading instruction; sharing tasks between parents and teachers in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Instruction, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
Greene, Mark; And Others – 1974
The Title I program described in this document focused on the improvement of reading and language skills among educationally disadvantaged children in four elementary schools. Specific objectives included enhanced reading skills, enhanced language skills, and mastery of basic concepts in the areas of food handling, communications, transportation,…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Family School Relationship, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
O'Neil, Audrey Lawson – 1975
This study compared the performance of three groups of reading disabled students: those who were tutored by supervised parents, those who were tutored by unsupervised parents, and those who were not tutored. The subjects were 159 first-, second-, and third-grade children who read at least one year below grade level. The parents who tutored their…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Parent Participation, Primary Education, Reading Difficulty
Cohen, Dorothy K. – 1972
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the inclusion of visual tracking exercise in a remedial reading program would result in significant higher reading achievement scores when compared to a conventional remedial reading program. Seventy-five sixth-grade students, reading a year or more below grade level and potential, made…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Acosta, Robert (Kelly), Comp.; Lindsay, Marie R., Comp. – 1972
The Miller-Unruh Basic Reading Act of 1965 expresses the commitment of the California State Legislature to helping children in the primary grades learn to read successfully. Specific objectives of the Act are the prevention and correction of reading disabilities at the earliest possible time in the educational career of the pupil. The long-range…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Reading, Inservice Teacher Education
