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Direct linkFrankel, Katherine K.; Deanna Brooks, Maneka; Learned, Julie E. – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: In the past two decades there have been at least 10 quantitative reviews, syntheses, or meta-analyses focused on literacy interventions in secondary schools. To date, much of this research has focused on quantifiable outcomes such as reading test scores, and few efforts have been made to synthesize studies of adolescent…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Secondary School Students, Adolescents
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1985
This evaluation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 programs in the 16 participating schools and camps of the California Youth Authority presents findings for the year 1983-84. The students enrolled in the program were severely academically disadvantaged teenagers (reading and mathematics abilities five or more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
PDF pending restorationAmerican Correctional Association, College Park, MD. – 1977
Project READ (Reading Efficiency and Delinquency) during its first year involved 4,330 juveniles in 47 states and the District of Columbia. Designed to improve the reading ability of incarcerated juvenile offenders, the program was based on two important facts. A survey of correctional institutions during 1974 assessed the reading abilities of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Functional Literacy
Becker, John T. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Ravich, Leonard E. – Reading Newsreport, 1972
Describes the use of drama with ten dropouts from 16 to 20 years old in a reading program at the University of Alabama. (MB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creative Dramatics, Motivation Techniques, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedLane, Patrick; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Cross Age Teaching
Wilson, John A. – 1976
The reading achievement of two age groups (eleven- and fifteen-year-olds) was surveyed in Northern Ireland's schools during 1976, and the results were compared to those of a similar study in 1972. Two significant findings emerged: an increase in reading standards of eleven-year-olds, and a decrease in severe reading retardation at both age levels.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Cohn, Marvin – 1979
This book is designed to teach parents the skills necessary to enable them to help their teenage children who are having study problems. The book covers a wide range of possible difficulties from basic reading problems to researching and writing a full-scale report. The book includes discussions of alibis students use to disguise poor study…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Motivation Techniques, Parent Participation, Reading Comprehension
Download full textCollins, Norma; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on motivating low performing students is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on the topic; the full text…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Books, Content Area Reading, Distance Education
