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Gross, Marshall – 1984
This program was developed and implemented to help students in the secondary school vocational area raise their reading test scores and reading comprehension through the use of the Individualized Manpower Training Systems (IMTS) lab. The program's aims were to increase the reading comprehension percentage scores on major tests and to assist the…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, High School Students, High Schools, Language Arts
Coleman-Mitzner, Janet – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using oral story making experiences to improve the oral language proficiencies and "sense of story" of fourth grade remedial reading students through select literary experiences. These experiences included exposing the students to literature in read-aloud exercises, and using wordless…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Bakall, Liz; And Others – 1991
This document evaluates the 1989 and 1990 Reading Improvement Program, which aimed to enhance and support 330 local schools in the implementation of Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools' goals for reading and language arts in kindergarten through grade 6. The program focused on improving instruction and reading achievement. Program features included…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Bilingual Education, Class Size, Economically Disadvantaged
Bates, Eleanor A. – 1978
To prevent children with reading difficulties from thinking of themselves as failures, academic experiences must include projects that will motivate them to be responsible learners, enhance their self-concept, and reinforce all the language arts skills. One class of sixth grade students with reading disabilities made minibooks from greeting cards…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Judson, Arlene – 1973
Research developed and evaluated an individualized reading program for 21 third graders with reading problems. It sought to improve their reading ability so they could read and understand new vocabulary words with 80% accuracy, read with increased expression and fluency, comprehend new content and, by transfer, to produce improvement in their…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Research