An attempt to evaluate the effects of individualized vision training in a group of grade-4 children who were both disabled in reading and diagnosed as having inadequate vision skills is reported. The effects evaluated include both changes in vision and the relationship of vision training to change in reading achievement. Experimental cases…

An evaluation of the reading laboratory clinic at the Sulzberger Junior High School, Philadelphia, is reported. On the basis of a group informal reading inventory (IRI) 120 from a total of 467 grade-7 students were assigned to the clinic. Pupils who scored below third-grade second-semester book level were considered eligible for the clinic…

This paper reports on the progress of the Reading Diagnostic Center at LLincoln University during the year 1972-73. The contents include: "Introduction," which reports on the total (public and nonpublic) students exposed to the center; "Objectives, Activities and Evaluation Plans," which presents the objectives, evaluation, and…

This document reports on Parkway Missouri School District's Right to Read Reading Clinic aimed at improving the reading abilities of elementary school students. The contents consist of objectives, staffing procedures, testing, diagnosis, diagnostic tests, screening tests, case report forms, remediation phases, case study, case report, counselor…

In order to carry out the objective that students identified as retarded in reading will increase their reading achievement ot a predicted level based on accumulated data and diagnostic results, activities centered around three areas of concentration. (1) An exemplary program for the diagnosis of reading disabilities was established. Project area…

Reports that poor readers receiving language training obtained higher composite psycholinguistic scores on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities than did a control group but that the pattern of psycholinguistic deficits was modified only in a group receiving specific training. (FL)

Discusses the problems involved in teaching reading skills to remedial readers, then offers a model for skill instruction. Provides a lesson plan that uses the model for phonics instruction. (FL)

Notes that computer based reading programs are proving to be powerful and flexible tools in reading to reading disabled and intellectually handicapped students. Reviews current research showing promise of wider classroom use of computers. (FL)

Tells how to use the open-ended story with students having severe reading difficulty. (RB)

The traditional college required remedial reading course has many shortcomings: students are stigmatized by forced placement and resent the course; dropout rates are higher; and high-risk students who take the course take longer to complete degrees and take longer to shed the high-risk label. The skills taught tend to be speed, vocabulary, and…

A study investigated whether direct instruction, used as a main instruction strategy, with a concentrated curriculum, can help students quickly improve their basic reading skills. Subjects, 18 students (age 7 to 15 years) with reading problems, received individualized treatments for 3 weeks (or 12 hours). Pre-test, treatments, and posttest was the…

Suggestions for improving affective factors in remedial reading programs include conveying positive expectations, encouraging student perceptions of success, and maximizing individual achievement. (MKM)

Considers if Reading Recovery students continue to make gains after discontinuation or the end of their programs. Investigates if a majority of the Reading Recovery students at Culver Elementary School, Evansville, Indiana achieve average reading levels at the end of their program. Concludes that Reading Recovery is successful at this school. (SG)

Describes how a middle school remedial reading teacher (who has only 20-minute teaching periods) uses tests to teach both reading and test-taking skills during a single lesson. (SR)