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Increasing Reading Skills in Rural Areas: An Analysis of Three School Districts
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Stockard, Jean – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2011
Reviews of research on rural education suggest that identifying ways to help rural schools improve teachers' pedagogical skills should be a high priority. This article addresses this issue by examining changes in reading skills through the primary grades of students in three rural, Midwestern districts that occurred after the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Effect Size
Implementation of the Writing To Read Instructional System in 13 Rural Elementary Schools in Southern West Virginia. 1988-89 Annual Report.
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Childers, Robert D. – 1989
This report evaluates the Writing to Read (WTR) program instituted in 1988 in 13 West Virginia elementary schools as the result of a partnership between the IBM Corporation and the federal Appalachian Regional Commission. The WTR labs, also installed in 42 Kentucky and Virginia schools, use a computer-based instructional system to develop the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Experimental Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation
Implementation of the Writing To Read Program in 13 Rural Elementary Schools in Southern West Virginia: A Two-Year Evaluation. Final Report.
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Childers, Robert D. – 1990
During the 1988-89 school year, 55 Writing to Read (WTR) labs were installed in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia elementary schools, as the result of a partnership between the Appalachian Regional Commission and the IBM Corporation. This report evaluates the WTR program implemented in 13 southern West Virginia rural schools with poor,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten