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Moore, JoAnne E. – 1981
The goal of the High School Reading and Communication Skills Component of the Detroit school desegregation plan was to improve students' reading and communication skills. The program was an integral part of the English curriculum and employed instruction focused upon specific objectives at each grade level. Support services were provided in each…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Desegregation Effects, English Instruction, High Schools
Fitzgerald, Thomas P.; Clark, Richard M. – 1978
The reactions of participants to the presentation sessions of a staff development training program were assessed using participant questionnaires and non-verbal metabehavior estimates of participant attitudes. Fifty reading specialists and administrators participated in a two-session workshop dealing with reading material and methods. Each session…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Body Language, Inservice Teacher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Feldmann, Shirley; And Others – 1980
Thirty-eight college students were the subjects of a study designed to examine the efficacy of training graduate reading specialists through a diagnosis simulation program versus the use of a traditional child study approach. The major task of this investigation was to compare, by way of univariate or multivariate analysis, various combinations of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Information Processing, Reading Consultants
Download full textMORRILL, KATHERINE A. – 1965
AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 18 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM FIVE SCHOOLS WAS RELEASED 1/2 DAY TWICE EACH MONTH FOR A SERIES OF DISCUSSION MEETINGS WITH THE READING CONSULTANT. A CONTROL GROUP OF 17 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM THE OTHER FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE SAME DISTRICT WAS EXPOSED TO THE TYPICAL CONSULTANT SITUATION -- HELP GIVEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Inservice Education
Schoeller, Arthur W. – 1968
Wisconsin's 1968 certification proposal for reading teachers, specialists, and supervisors is described in detail. A three-step sequence of advanced course work and direct experience in the field are proposed to prepare qualified personnel for the state schools. The proposal includes (1) recommendations for changing and improving the present…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Reading Consultants, Remedial Reading, Remedial Teachers
Ivers, Merle Hairston – 1975
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare concepts of the ideal role and functions with the actual role and functions of the reading specialist. The public elementary reading specialists, classroom teachers, principals, and reading supervisors of Franklin County, Ohio, served as subjects. A Q-sort instrument was used for gathering the…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Q Methodology, Reading Consultants
Lanfrey, James Frederick – 1975
The views of three groups of educators regarding their ratings of the importance of individual competencies for reading specialists were investigated. The importance of selected modes used for helping reading specialists acquire these competencies were also studied. Data were gathered through the use of two rating instruments: the Competency…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Hillerich, Robert L. – 1974
Based on recommendations of the International Reading Association, this outline of a performance based program for training reading specialists consists of twelve semester hours of graduate work. The courses include basic decoding skills, comprehension/study skills, diagnostic techniques, corrective treatment, and a practicum. The four elements of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Competency Based Teacher Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Smith, Carl B.; And Others – 1970
Introduced by a look at the general problem of reading difficulties, the text discusses the roles of the principal, teacher, specialist, and administrator in treating the problem. The principal's responsibility, identification, home and family influence, environmental improvement, evaluating reading skills, leadership, and case studies of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedRobinson, Richard D.; Smith, Beverly J. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis
Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Minnesota Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Articulation (Education), Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Diagnosis
Herber, Harold L. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development
Fitzgerald, Louis – Reading Soc Setting, 1967
Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Developmental Reading, Educational History, Educational Opportunities
Gaines, Lynette Saines – Reading Soc Setting, 1967
Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedSmith, Donald E. P.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
Graduates of a master's degree program for training reading specialists responded to a questionnaire concerning need for and competence in 40 teaching skills. Self-report data differentiated the competency training group (CTG) graduates (1973) from the conventionally trained group (1970), with the CTG clearly superior in their self-estimates of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Minimum Competencies, Program Effectiveness
