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Download full textKievit, William R.; Martin, Arthur G. – 1973
It is extremely difficult to accomplish important goals and objectives today without widespread public support. The superintendent with his staff resources must present reading programs to the public in a manner which convinces the community that the programs are a vital and essential element in the accomplishment of educational goals. The key to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
STACK, THELMA D. – 1963
ELEMENTARY READING CENTERS FOR THE YEAR 1962-63 SERVED MORE STUDENTS OF AVERAGE ABILITY THAN STUDENTS OF HIGH OR LOW ABILITY. AVERAGE READING GAIN PER STUDENT WAS NOTED AS APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR. NAMES OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS (BOTH SILENT AND ORAL READING) AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY WERE USED ARE GIVEN. STUDENTS CAME FROM…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Admission Criteria, Class Organization, Developmental Reading
Muirhead, Scott; And Others – 1979
The Intensive Reading Improvement Program (IRIP) was implemented in Chicago, Illinois elementary schools after standardized test results, first published in 1969, indicated the need for improvement. IRIP had four goals: to increase motivation in both students and teachers; to extend teachers' understanding of a good developmental reading program;…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development
Goldman, Mildred – 1973
This study was concerned with whether or not supplementary work in the subskill areas of comprehension would increase the overall comprehension level of pupils more than supplementary work with vocabulary development exercise. Sixth-six fourth grade pupils in a middle-class suburban community in central New Jersey were selected as subjects. A…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Grade 4, Reading, Reading Achievement
Casteel, Carolyn P.; And Others – 1977
Developed as part of a statewide effort to improve reading achievement in West Virginia through a competency based staff development program, this inservice instructional packet is intended for school district reading administrators and principals and contains the materials for a five-day inservice administrative workshop. The materials focus on…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Competency Based Teacher Education, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education
Dunkeld, Colin G. – 1973
The second year of the Portland EPDA Reading Program was a modification of an in-service program in the teaching of reading which had been carried out in four Portland elementary schools during the previous year. Four school principals, 38 teachers of grades one through four, 16 teacher-aides, and 22 parent volunteers participated in the program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Gruen, Ronald Steven – 1971
This study was designed to select and explore a research battery which, when administered at the beginning of the school year, more adequately predicts end of year reading achievement than have previously-used tests and test batteries. The tests used were perceptual-motor and cognitive-intellectual, with the most adequate predictor tests…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Reading
Schwartz, Barbara C. – 1972
A traditional reading program and an individualized reading program were compared in terms of numbers of books read by pupils in a given period, the types of books selected by the pupils, and readability levels of books selected. It was hypothesized that individualized reading pupils would read more, and that pupils in the traditional reading…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Grade 8, Group Reading, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
