Thirty-eight mothers of kindergarten children identified for Chapter I compensatory education programs were trained in structured tutoring techniques. Compared to controls, children tutored by mothers demonstrated initial advantages in reading which later disappeared. Degree of parent participation is a variable that should be examined in research…

Suggests that the lack of coherence between remedial programs and regular classrooms impedes the progress of students with reading difficulties. Provides an outline for an instructional program in which classroom and specialist teachers collaborate to provide the learner with coherent and balanced instruction. (ARH)

Describes a study skills course designed for freshman students in the lowest third of their class. Concludes that the strengths of the course were the use of direct instruction, the provision for in-class applications of study techniques, the stress on self-responsibility, and the demonstration of several study strategies. (FL)

Offers advice and guidance to those wishing to develop a volunteer tutoring program that costs little and helps many children in need of tutorial assistance in reading. (FL)

Seven years of changes in a Practicum in Reading course has altered the responsibilities and accountabilities for preservice teachers tutoring in a public school. Changes, formative and summative assessment results for tutored children and implications for the program's future are discussed. A study examined whether the college literacy practicum…

A study implemented and evaluated the Book Buddies model using National Service volunteers as tutors for high-risk first-grade students in a high-poverty urban setting. Using a design with a randomly assigned control group, results show that tutoring sessions produced clear effects. Children who received 40 Book Buddies lessons significantly…

The purpose of the project was to develop an intensive reading remediation program to increase the reading levels of a targeted group of 20 fourth and fifth grade students by two or more grade levels. An afterschool training program was also developed to improve a targeted group of teachers' skills in teaching reading and to increase their basic…

Shows that a score obtained on a retest using the reading reinforced technique gives a useful measure of reading capacity and apparently provides a successful method of screening students for reading programs. Tables, graphs, and bibliography. ( RW)

Evaluation of Lenoir City, Tennessee pilot program using 14 retirees to tutor fourth and seventh graders one-to-one in reading using Laubach Reading Method indicated that fourth graders were more positive about the program; Laubach materials were too easy; and pre- and posttutoring California Achievement Test scores did not support reading…

Presents elements of a reading improvement program at Indiana University designed to assist science students. The program uses college-level textbooks, redefines reading as the reception of ideas rather than the calling of words, seeks to increase reading speed, and stresses pragmatic study skills. (DR)

Describes and evaluates a remedial reading strategy--assisted reading--which uses a motivating series of popular children's books to improve the performance of remedial readers. (MM)

Describes the successful use of Reading Recovery paired with authentic, high interest reading and the Language Experience Approach with a high school remedial reader. (SR)

Describes a successful adaptation of Marie Clay's intensive one-on-one reading intervention approach for a disabled reader at the middle school level. Discusses components of the instructional plan. Presents guidelines for literacy instruction for remedial readers. (SR)