The Teacher Education: Performance and Field Oriented (TEPFO) program at the University of Washington is distinguished from many other teacher education programs by its emphasis on four factors: clinic-field interaction, performance-based behavior, strong peer relationships among all program participants, and length of the continuous program. The…

The purpose of this study was to survey the provisions for corrective reading in the public elementary schools, particularly in the availability of services, the types of services offered, the degree of satisfaction, and the financial support for remedial programs. A questionnaire was mailed to 412 schools, selected by a stratified random sampling…

This study was an experimental investigation designed to ascertain the effectiveness of a technique for predicting student success in a special reading program. The disparity between a student's score on a reading test taken silently and his score on an equivalent form which was read orally by the investigator as the student read it silently was…

During Public School (PS) 115's 1969-70 academic year, a first-grade class of 27 disadvantaged, inner city youngsters received a special language arts program entitled Alpha One. Alpha One is a commercial initial reading program designed to teach first grade children to read and write sentences containing words of one, two and three syllables, and…

Control and experimental groups, of 21 students each, participated in a study of the effect of remedial reading sessions on perception of locus of control. All students were administered a measure of locus of control, before and after the treatment period during which the experimental group received tutorial instruction in various reading skills;…

This paper provides descriptive information about the implementation of prescriptive criterion referenced testing and its impact on a compensatory reading laboratory program in the Houston public schools. After describing the program and the rationale for the selection of a criterion referenced test, a study of the teachers' utilization of the…

Ten guidelines for the reading teacher to aid in finding programs that will become an indispensable part of reading activities in the classroom. (CRH)

With some 550 different reading materials to pick from, Rockland County (NY) teachers are eager shoppers at their Learning Center. (Author)

As part of a Title III Elementary and Secondary Education Act project, the West Jackson School converted its gymnasium for use as a resource center. (NQ)

Presents a practical method of conducting conferences with developmental students in large college reading/study skills programs. Suggests that the method could also be used to monitor and document students' attitudinal changes and perceived progress throughout a term. (FL)

Describes a study investigating the effects of group hypnosis on the reading performance of university students in a reading and writing center. Discusses study procedures and presents data on pretest scores and gains in vocabulary and comprehension scores. Concludes that regular use of self-hypnosis significantly improved performance. (DMM)

Examines whether sex differences in reading learning rate occurred when female instructors worked with small groups of elementary school boys and girls on an individualized basis in an intensive summer reading clinic program. Reports that girls outperformed boys on all measures. (RAE)

The 2000 and 2003 international studies of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) among all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries presented disappointing results for Germany's fifteen-year-old students' reading skills. These studies pointed out two necessities for future reform: to extend the…

Four aspects of the interactive reading process, the parallel compensatory behaviors of bilingual students, and an instructional approach that reflects the needs of these students are described. Focus is on a reading strategies program for Native American students whose cultural environments vary greatly from the cultural environment of the public…

Reading clinics that are part of the service mission of a college or university evolved out of a medical model. Such clinics serve as research centers to investigate and study readers at risk, offer training facilities for undergraduate and/or graduate students who seek to gain expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of reading difficulties, and…