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Download full textHopkins, Thomas F. – 1976
This paper describes the Graphics Expression System Reading Center Program, which provided students with limited learning motivation and with below norm achievement in reading, as well as those students reading on and above grade level with the opportunity to use the compact recording studio equipment in the production of television shows. The…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Instruction, Failure, Grade 7
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1968
EACH OF THE 22 COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN THE DES MOINES, IOWA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER IS SEPARATELY EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS CONCENTRATED ON INSTRUCTION IN READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, HUMANITIES, OR PRACTICAL SCIENCE. OTHERS OFFERED SPECIAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. A…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Enrichment Activities, Handicapped Children
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH REACHED 4,567 YOUTHS AT ITS JOB CENTER. MANY OF THESE WERE COUNSELED, 1,448 PARTICIPATED IN THE URBAN YOUTH JOB CORPS AND 528 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THERE WERE 205 PARTICIPANTS IN TRADE TRAINING AND DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MFY CARRIED OUT A JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION IN…
Descriptors: Community Action, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Disadvantaged
Leedy, Paul D., Ed. – 1964
Papers dealing with topics relating to college and adult reading instruction and discussions of these papers by reading authorities who offer differing viewpoints are presented. Subjects treated include humanistic aspects of reading; materials and methods in use; current and future programs; programs operated by business and industry; illiteracy;…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Business Education, Colleges
Batchelder, Arthur J. – 1975
A survey of the literature indicates that the adult reading student requires instruction based on perceptual, skill-learning principles, rather than on the analytical framework used for the instruction of elementary school reading students. This document proposes a systematic method of organizing a community college reading center to meet the…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Audiovisual Aids, Autoinstructional Aids, Community Colleges
Texley, Lloyd C.; Dvorak, Ronald C. – 1975
This report evaluates various programs considered to have been designed to supplement instructional programs for educationally disadvantaged children through curriculum development, especially in reading. Programs involving media centers, mathematics, reading, reading aids, high intensity learning centers, psychological services, primary high…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Instructional Programs
Leedy, Paul D., Ed. – 1964
Papers dealing with topics relating to college and adult reading instruction and discussions of these papers by reading authorities who offer differing viewpoints are presented. Subjects treated include humanistic aspects of reading; materials and methods in use; current and future programs; programs operated by business and industry; illiteracy;…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Business Education, Colleges
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The annotated bibliography lists albums, picture books, stories, novels, informational books, songs, and readings appropriate for children in grades K-3 in French immersion programs. An introductory section gives an overview of the bibliography and its use. The bibliography itself is divided into two sections, one citing literature of importance…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment
Heerman, Charles E. – 1983
To compare the effects of two different comprehension treatments on the reading of university students enrolled in a developmental reading laboratory, 74 students were administered pretests measuring reading achievement and reading attitudes and were given five weeks of instruction in text organizing strategies and vocabulary development. After…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
Rupert, Duane F. – 1988
One aspect of the Greece (New York) Central School District's Continuing Education Division is an adult literacy program for students who enter with a reading level below the sixth grade as measured by the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) (17 percent of students). Students at this level receive instruction in one of four environments: adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
Levinski, Carol; And Others – 1981
An overview of a demonstration program in reading designed to improve students' reading skills and their attitudes toward reading at the middle school level is described in this booklet. Following introductory information about the program, the booklet lists some highlights of the program, including testing methods, student contracts, the point…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Middle Schools
Ketcham, Clay A., Ed. – 1964
The proceedings of the seventh annual meeting of the College Reading Association consisted of the following papers: (1) "President's Report" (Martha J. Maxwell); (2) "The Library Is Your Reading Test" (Nancy Larrick); (3) "The Lehigh--Bethlehem ITA Study Interim Report Four" (Albert J. Mazurkiewicz); (4) "The…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Programs, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
Over 600 students were served by the Reading/Mathematics Lab Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. Students enrolled in the mathematics lab at all grade levels attained an increase in mean percentile rank from pre- to post-testing as measured by the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills administered in October 1982 and again…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Block Grants, Budgets
Wayne County Board of Education, Goldsboro, NC. – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE ENTIRE APPLICATION FOR A FEDERAL GRANT UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE III, TO FINANCE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF A SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL CENTER. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS DIRECTED TOWARD PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADULTS IN A RURAL…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Education Service Centers, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedStoller, Fredericka L. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1994
Presents a model reading lab design for advanced English for Academic Purposes students and describes the four major instructional components of the lab as well as the logistics of running a lab. (44 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, English for Academic Purposes, Feedback
