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Arnold, Richard D. – 1972
This study investigated the effectiveness of the neurological impress method (NIM), the language experience approach (LEA), and classroom teaching as remedial reading treatments for disabled readers. Subjects referred to the Purdue Reading Clinic were screened to determine whether they met criteria for the study and were randomly assigned to the…
Descriptors: Language Experience Approach, Reading Centers, Reading Difficulty, Reading Instruction
McWilliams, Lana Jo – 1975
Control and experimental groups, of 21 students each, participated in a study of the effect of remedial reading sessions on perception of locus of control. All students were administered a measure of locus of control, before and after the treatment period during which the experimental group received tutorial instruction in various reading skills;…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Instruction, Locus of Control
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Anderson, Ora Sterling; Smith, Laura J. – Reading Improvement, 1987
Describes a college developmental reading laboratory model using peer tutors to provide training in comprehension study skills. Reports the results of a study evaluating the impact of training on student performance from the perspective of the participants. (MM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Models, Peer Teaching
Shaver, James P. – 1970
To test the long-range effectiveness of its ESEA Title III-sponsored program, officials of the Logan-Cache County Tutorial Center tested students served by the program 1 and 2 years after participation. The students, originally identified as underachievers, had been tutored in one-to-one or one-to-three tutoring situations or had been part of a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Federal Programs, Grade 10, Grade 4