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Peer reviewedStoneberg, Bert D., Jr.; Kelly, Edward L. – Modern Language Journal, 1976
A German language summer weekly "reader" containing a reading passage, a writing exercise, a puzzle, and an "odds and ends" section was sent to high school students completing German I. Tests showed the reader had a significant effect on German writing proficiency and reading comprehension as students entered German II. (CHK)
Descriptors: German, High School Students, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Download full textPorterfield, Craig; Eglsaer, Richard – 1980
A total of 359 retained seventh and eighth grade students from the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's junior high schools participated in a summer enrichment program that was designed to improve their basic skills and decision making skills and to provide them with a successful school experience. Diagnostic information was used to assign…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decision Making Skills, Educational Research, Junior High School Students
Shore, Marietta S. – 1975
The Summer Remediation for Incoming Pupils Program was designed to provide remedial instruction in mathematics, reading, or English as a second language (ESL) to selected incoming 9th and 10th grade pupils in New York City. This report describes the program and evaluates its effectiveness for the summer of 1975. A major goal of the program was to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grade 10, Grade 9, High School Students
Duncan, Margaret Haynes – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparative efficiency of three summer programs in helping junior high school boys increase their reading ability. The study compared the alternatives of methods typically used in remedial reading programs, a content area program, and one which simply provided personal reinforcement. Each sample…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Junior High School Students, Males, Reading Ability
