Reports on an experiment using behavior modification techniques to increase readind ability. Results indicate that the percentage of correct answers in the children with deficits increased to approximately the same level as the children tested to be on grade level. (Author/SB)

Presents a personalized impression of a successful inner-city reading programs for the disadvantaged. (RB)

Describes the developmental reading program at a Midwestern university which has as its major objectives the improvement of vocabulary, reading comprehension, and reading rates. (FL)

Reviews materials from the ERIC database describing the variety of functions a high school reading lab can perform and suggesting ways to evaluate student improvement in the reading lab situation. (MKM)

Reviews remedial reading programs at the secondary level in the six areas of Australia. (HTH)

Concludes that poor readers' word identification skills can be improved by practice in phonological decoding through pseudoword reading, provided that training is carried out under conditions of limited exposure duration. Suggests that training without time pressure has negative effects. (RS)

Describes how the author worked with one struggling reader to help him learn to make balanced and consistent use of different cues for word identification (graphophonic cues, how words look, grammatical appropriateness of words, sentence meaning, or background knowledge). (SR)

A study investigated the reading comprehension and educationally related characteristics of the United States Navy's recruit population based on data for selected variables. The variable of primary interest was the recruit's grade level score on reading comprehension; other variable employed in the study were grade level score, years of education,…

Often approaching reading with feelings of stress, anxiety, and fear, disabled readers need affective as well as cognitive training in remedial reading programs. Their intellectual objectivity, self-understanding, and rapport with teachers and classmates could be increased, and their anxiety reduced, if remedial reading specialists would…

Computer-assisted instruction together with remedial reading classrooms for reading and regular classrooms for math has produced significant remedial gains in Chapter I students in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana--gains which are above the national average for Chapter I. The computer provides a vehicle for daily drill at each child's level which adds…

A study was conducted to investigate the reading comprehension and educationally related characteristics and relationships that describe the Navy's recruit population. The variable of primary interest was the recruit's reading comprehension grade level score; other variables were years of education, aptitude score, high school graduation status,…

INFORMATION ON TITLE 1 ALLOCATIONS WAS DISSEMINATED IN MONTANA THROUGH TELEVISION PROGRAMS, BULLETINS, NEWS MEDIA, AND PERSONAL INTERVIEWS. BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 1966, 288 OF 521 APPROVED PROJECTS WERE IN READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS. SOME OF THE COOPERATIVE PROJECTS ESTABLISHED ARE CITED HERE. THE BIG SANDY DISTRICT AND EIGHT OTHER RURAL…

The purposes of this study were to determine which test instruments should be used to report instructional and independent reading levels to tutors or classroom teachers and what recommendations should be made concerning the materials to be used for teaching the child. The subjects were children from grades two through ten who had been identified…

One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs...," this program serves 414 students in K-6. The students are black, white, and Spanish-speaking and come largely from low-income families living in a small city. The dominant feature of the program is the extensive employment of specialized instructional staff, both…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 750 first-through third-grade students from 14 elementary schools. The program is designed to teach letter names, consonant and vowel sounds, sight words, and decoding skills to students who have deficiencies in basic reading skills. The basic elements of the model include…