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Peer reviewedBalajthy, Ernest; Reuber, Kristin; Robinson, Corrine – Reading Online, 2001
Explains results when graduate students studying to become reading specialists tutored struggling readers in one-on-one sessions in which the clinicians were required to make significant use of technology in their instruction. Concludes that clinicians often did not have clear reading or literacy objectives when using computer-based instruction.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Reading Consultants
Peer reviewedManzo, Anthony V. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2003
Contends that there is no literacy crisis in the United States. Notes that research on college-level proficient readers has indicated that reading educators are doing a better job of educating students to become mature readers and that even at the elementary level the news is better than most people realize. Suggests that the conception of reading…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Gender Issues, Higher Education
Download full textFrench, Michael P.; Landretti, Ann Polzer – 1995
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is examined from the standpoint of teaching reading, and strategies are offered for teaching youngsters who are having difficulty reading due to ADD. Examples of students and scenarios are included. A definition of ADD is presented, along with symptoms that are consistent with inattention and disorganization that…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Reading Consultants
Ramey, Madelaine – 1990
This report examines the effectiveness of four different instructional models used to deliver compensatory education in 1985-86 in Seattle (Washington) by analyzing "sustained gains" in student achievement. A student's "sustained gain" is the reading or mathematics achievement test score gain between spring 1985 and spring…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Vinsonhaler, John F.; And Others – 1982
Six studies in laboratory and classroom settings investigated the diagnostic and remedial performance of 66 reading and learning disabled specialists and classroom teachers. Ss were asked to diagnose simulated cases of either reading or learning disability and suggest an initial remediation plan. Two related findings were revealed across all…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities
PDF pending restorationDependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1982
Designed to identify and develop reading skills, stimulate the desire to read, promote an appreciation of literature, and encourage reading as a lifelong habit, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools Comprehensive Reading Program presented in this pamphlet outlines the major functions of the reading improvement specialist (RIS). These…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Program Development
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1986
Intended for use by individuals, teacher education institutions, private and corporate educational, vocational, and social agencies, and the general public, this guide presents the International Reading Association's recommendations for the preparation of teachers concerning knowledge of the reading process and reading instruction. The document's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Consultants, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Cohen, Elizabeth G.; And Others – 1977
In this survey, teachers in 46 elementary schools in the San Francisco Bay area were asked to describe how they worked with reading specialists, if at all. Of 414 teachers reporting, 49.3% reported that the reading specialist instructs selected students, usually outside the classroom, and provides no other services to the teacher. Only 20% of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Elementary Education
Nickols, Bernice S. – 1976
A survey method was used in conducting this study of the status and direction of reading activity in selected middle schools in Pennsylvania which include grades six, seven, and eight. Among the purposes of the study were to investigate current practices in teaching reading in the middle schools of Pennsylvania and to present recommendations for…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Program Evaluation
Boffey, David Barnes; And Others – 1975
As the first in a four-volume final report of a Right to Read preservice, competency-based modular reading specialist project, this volume contains a guide for the project implementor and a description of the first component of the project entitled, "Reading/Language Arts, K-12." The implementor guide discusses the philosophy,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
McKeag, Robert – 1980
In response to concerns about the adequacy of the preparation provided for reading specialists in light of the duties spelled out for them in a 1977 Wisconsin statute, a study was undertaken to obtain perceptions of the responsibilities of reading professionals from Wisconsin school administrators and reading specialists. A total of 253…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Skills, Reading Consultants
ROTH, LOIS H.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE RESULTS OF A READING WORK CONFERENCE HELD IN DENVER, COLORADO, IN FEBRUARY 1966, TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING DIAGNOSTIC READING PROGRAMS, ARE PRESENTED. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE A DEFINITION OF READING, THE PROCESSES OF READING, THE ROLES OF THE TEACHER, READING CONSULTANT, AND PRINCIPAL, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Guides, Reading Ability, Reading Consultants
Miller, Harry B.; And Others – 1980
This resource booklet for reading consultants and supervisors was prepared as a class project during a summer seminar in teacher education. The booklet provides discussions of the essential principles of reading instruction and biographical sketches of reading specialists recognized as experts in the field. The topics discussed include adult basic…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension
Sherman, George B.; Brown, Stephanie – 1979
Thirty-six reading specialists and classroom teachers enrolled in a graduate reading diagnosis course participated in a study to determine whether clinical performance could be improved by alterations in a clinician's memory and strategy. Overall procedures in this study included pretests, 30 hours of clinical training in diagnosis, and posttests.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Research, Higher Education
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. – 1968
Los Angeles Unified School District elementary school activities funded during 1967-68 under Title I/ESEA are evaluated in this volume. English language arts and prekindergarten activities, the two major areas included in the evaluation reports, are divided into the following components which represent a 3-year continuing implementation: (1)…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
