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Storer, Eldon L. – 1970
A problem-solving evaluative approach is described for an ESEA/Title III program in Topeka, Kansas. One problem in the program was to identify the reading curriculum needs of the 34 elementary, 11 junior high, and 3 high schools with a total enrollment of 25,000 students. There were 1,000 students 2 or more years below their expected level who had…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Federal Programs, Inservice Education
Kerstiens, Gene – 1971
This topical paper discusses briefly the status of research in junior college reading/study skills programs. Specific gaps in research and the fundamental reasons for them are examined. Several areas in critical need of immediate and long-range study are identified. Tests, materials and their selection, programs and approaches, and student…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Educational Research, Reading, Reading Centers
Anderson, Clarence A. – 1969
Because junior college students so frequently need remedial reading training and grammar review and because few teachers in such institutions have special training in reading instruction, a reading center was set up at Flint Community Junior College in Michigan. The Center used 2,500 square feet and a variety of types of equipment and materials…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Diagnostic Tests, Individual Development, Individual Instruction
Rodenborn, Leo V. – 1973
This paper proposes prognosis testing through teaching-learning situations as an effective alternative to modality testing. In modality testing the severely disabled learner's poor self-concept and short attention span adversely influence test results, and the child's preferred learning style is not determined. Prognosis testing is based on the…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Learning, Learning Processes, Prognostic Tests
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1973
This document is a collection of the International Reading Association's first reports on the Right to Read effort. Five reports are included: report 1 discusses the basic principles of Right to Read, school and community based programs, administrators of the program, right to read states, special projects, technical assistance, emergency school…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Individualized Instruction, Motivation, Reading
Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – 1973
The thirty papers in this Annual Proceedings of the Western College Reading Association (WCRA) were originally delivered at the Sixth Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Topics covered include self-programed control, increasing study-concentration behavior, individualizing a college reading program, human options for human beings,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Individualized Reading, Learning, Reading
Whittaker, Jeweleane Wilma – 1971
A machine-oriented reading course was compared to a textbook-oriented reading course to see which course more effectively improved reading rate and reading comprehension in disadvantaged college freshmen. Subjects were 340 college freshmen in reading classes at Texas Southern University who were divided into two matched treatment groups. The…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Disadvantaged Youth, Reading Centers, Reading Comprehension
Johnson, Mae C., Ed.; And Others – 1971
The addresses and discussions of the 1970 Maryland Reading Institute focused on the theme of "accountability"--defined as the responsibilities of teachers to their students, community, and society. In Part 1, highlights of the keynote address are followed by summaries of a five-member panel discussion, five reactors' statements, and a concluding…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conference Reports, Educational Responsibility, Psycholinguistics
DiBiasio, Anthony J., Jr. – 1976
The Reading Center at Lakewood High School has several major components: a developmental reading program, a remedial program, a program of reading for new Americans, and the inservice training of teachers. Each of these components is briefly described. (AA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Individualized Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions
Perry, William G. – Florida Vocational Journal, 1978
In Florida, Collier County Area Vocational-Technical Center's admissions policy for vocational programs admits all students who are prepared to learn, identifies those who require compensatory instruction, and channels both into appropriate programs by determining each student's reading achievement level and comparing it to the difficulty level of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Open Enrollment, Postsecondary Education
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Pitts, Sandra K. – Reading Horizons, 1985
Describes the reading and writing laboratory program at the University of Albuquerque. (FL)
Descriptors: College Programs, Higher Education, Integrated Activities, Learning Laboratories
Churchill, Betty L. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Instructional Improvement, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Marcus, Marie – Reading Impr, 1969
Presents the tutorial method of remedial reading instruction used in the Language Arts Center at Louisiana State University, New Orleans. College students majoring in elementary education worked with 8 to 16-year-olds to establish reading skills and more positive attitudes. A personal approach seemed to produce better results than the normal…
Descriptors: College Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Problem Solving, Psychological Characteristics
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Huser, Mary K.; Bergfield, Leone – Illinois School Research and Development, 1979
Retarded readers were bused to a special "reading" school for small group individualized instruction. Matched controls remained at their home schools using the regular reading program. When compared on reading gains, reading attitudes, and self-concept, experimental students were superior only on comprehension for two of the three study years.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Longitudinal Studies
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Kleinmann, Howard H. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Explains the Monitor Model of adult second-language development. Describes a study conducted at Queens College to assess the value of mandatory reading laboratory attendance for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language), Reading Achievement
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