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Download full textKelly, Thomas F. – 1972
A remedial reading program designed for intermediate-grade students who read from 1 to 7 years below grade level was studied. The program provided individualized instruction within classes homogeneously grouped on the basis of reading level only. Six seventh-grade classes were studied, with three acting as homogeneously grouped experimental…
Descriptors: Homogeneous Grouping, Individualized Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Describes a study in which poor readers gained more on a standardized reading test when they read books rather than comics, while good readers made similar gains using either comics or books. With comics, poor readers apparently spent more time looking at pictures and less time reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Books, Comics (Publications), Elementary Education, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedBalow, Bruce; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedMattleman, Marciene S.; Gaige, Mark – Journal of Reading, 1987
Examines two features that the "Philadelphia Daily News" has employed on behalf of Philadelphia's adult literacy campaign, (1) "The Savvy Reader," a column which reports news stories to lower level readers, and (2) "Fresh Start," a nine-week series designed to give adults daily practice toward the Grade Equivalency…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Reading, High School Equivalency Programs
Peer reviewedCushenbery, Donald C. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Describes steps that should be followed in building a reading program that meets students' needs and provides effective instruction in developmental, corrective, and remedial reading: (1) establishing desired skills, (2) undertaking a program of pupil evaluation, (3) initiating an appropriate teaching strategies curriculum, and (4) conducting…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedLambie, Rosemary Anne; Brittain, Mary M. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Presents 13 common problems in reading instruction followed by suggested adaptations in materials, instruction, and assignments designed to address those problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
Phillips, Nancy – 2000
A seven-credit-hour block course, which includes Public Speaking (three institutional credits), Basic Writing (three program credits), and Reading (one program credit) was created at Murray State University to give at-risk freshmen an opportunity to take a university credit course (Public Speaking) while strengthening their reading and writing…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Integrated Curriculum
Reading Recovery Council of North America, Columbus, OH. – 2000
This set of 10 fact sheets (each 2 to 4 pages long) addresses aspects of Reading Recovery, a program that helps children to be proficient readers and writers by the end of the first grade. It discusses the basic facts of Reading Recovery; Reading Recovery for Spanish literacy; Reading Recovery lessons; Reading Recovery professional development;…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, Low Achievement, Primary Education
Peer reviewedSmith, Lawrence L. – Reading Improvement, 1973
Describes the use of disabled readers at the secondary level as tutors for elementary students. (TO)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
Becker, John T. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Reading Newsreport, 1972
Desscribes the use of the cloze technique and the IBM Executive Dictating unit in helping children from grades 2 through 7 with their reading ability. (MB)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Listening Skills
Connor, John J., Jr. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Peer reviewedThorpe, Harold W.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Evaluated the effects of the kinesthetic-tactile component in visual auditory kinesthetic tactile (VAKT) instruction. Three learning disabled secondary students read more words correctly after VAKT instruction than after visual-auditory instruction and retained them longer. The instruction did not differentially affect the spelling of words.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Multisensory Learning, Outcomes of Education, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedJansson, Deborah R.; Schillereff, Theresa A. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Shows how child-centered activities, such as art, can spark reading interest with remedial readers. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedHennessey, Joan H. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Examines the subsequent differences in academic status, "quality point averages," and persistence of students who successfully completed a reading improvement course compared to those who did not complete it, avoided it, or were exempted from the course. Finds that groups' success differs and students completing the course persisted longer in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Research, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
