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Download full textMagliaro, Susan G.; Burton, John K. – 1988
The cue utilization and hypothesis testing strategies of expert reading diagnosticians were examined throughout the diagnostic process. Diagnostic processes of three diagnosticians (a reading specialist, a learning disabilities specialist, and a classroom teacher), who were very different in background and teaching assignment, were studied at work…
Descriptors: Cues, Elementary Education, Hypothesis Testing, Preadolescents
Kolker, Brenda; Terwilliger, Paul – Tennessee Education, 1975
The scope, purpose, and services of the reading clinic are defined. (JC)
Descriptors: Definitions, Reading Centers, Reading Consultants, Reading Development
Wagner, Christian C. – 1980
A pilot study investigated the quality of diagnostic decisions that are made on the basis of a precise model of reading and learning to read. The study was carried out by creating a computer simulated reading clinician that embodied a recent model of the reading process and by observing the behavior of this simulated clinician as it diagnosed…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Processes
Robinson, H. Alan, Comp.; Rauch, Sidney J., Comp. – 1966
This collection of papers presents many practical procedures for improving secondary school instruction in the several content areas. Topics included are principles and procedures in corrective reading, diagnostic techniques, the role of a reading consultant in the content areas, the use of writing to help poor readers, corrective reading in the…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
Robinson, H. Alan, Comp.; Rauch, Sidney J., Comp. – 1968
This collection of papers presents many practical procedures for improving secondary school instruction in the several content areas. Topics included are principles and procedures in corrective reading, diagnostic techniques, the role of a reading consultant in the content areas, the use of writing to help poor readers, corrective reading in the…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
Bader, Lois A.; Pearce, Daniel L. – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1983
Presents a study of students with severe reading difficulties in a public school setting. Compares the results with those of a study conducted in 1946. Suggests that field-based specialists can do a thorough diagnosis with tests and procedures currently available. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Public Schools, Reading Ability, Reading Consultants
Peer reviewedCohen, Elizabeth G.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1978
Suggests that reading specialists should give advice to other teachers, as well as to students. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis
Bean, Rita M.; Quatroche, Diana – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1990
Determines (1) the nature of clinical experiences for reading specialists provided at various educational institutions; (2) perceptions of graduates regarding the value of their experiences; (3) practices used in their current teaching roles; and (4) the degree of congruence between what they experienced and their current practices. Finds that the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Questionnaires, Reading Centers
Weinshank, Annette B. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine whether reading specialists' diagnoses lead directly to remedial recommendations. Eight experienced reading specialists were observed during 24 sessions as they performed a series of tasks using three simulated cases of reading difficulty, two of which were thinly disguised versions of the same reading problem.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Reading Consultants
Telder, Thomas V. – 1968
The development of the Maine Township (Illinois) Diagnostic and Remedial Learning Centers, a Title III/ESEA project, is described. The remedial learning centers, located in three elementary school districts and in one high school district, are termed model programs because they are designed to treat pupils in that one school. Each learning center…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Parent Counseling, Reading Centers, Reading Consultants
Peer reviewedWarren, John H. – Reading Horizons, 1988
Traces the literary treatment of causes and symptoms of reading disabilities through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Points out several concepts which are changing the earlier diagnostic-remedial role of classroom teachers. (ARH)
Descriptors: Educational History, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties
Weinshank, Annette B. – 1980
A study of reading specialists conducted in 1977 revealed that their diagnostic reliability was very low. Mean diagnostic agreement between two clinicians on statements seen as characterizing a case was effectively zero. Mean agreement for one clinician's diagnostic statements on a case and its replicate over time was less than 0.23. In other…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedFinkelstein, Miriam G. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Describes how the author evolved from an isolated reading specialist to a resource person available to all teachers and pupils. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedVinsonhaler, John F.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1983
Discusses a series of six studies that investigated the performance of 66 reading and learning disabilities specialists and classroom teachers who diagnosed simulated reading or learning disability cases and suggested remediation plans. Results indicate that both commonality and individual agreement among participants was very low. (AEA)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Learning Disabilities, Reading Consultants
Ladd, Eleanor M. – 1968
The teacher in the school of tomorrow will have a variety of roles. One of the more important will be that of diagnostician. Perceptive assistance for the teacher as diagnostician is available from the school psychologist, the social caseworker, the guidance worker, and the reading clinician. The services of all district personnel should be…
Descriptors: Guidance Programs, Intellectual Disciplines, Professional Personnel, Reading Consultants
