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Sanacore, Joseph – Clearing House, 1988
Contends that learning centers must obtain "curricular congruence" with the classroom to provide remedial students with the content and strategies they need for achieving success in subject-matter classrooms. Suggests that better efforts are needed to coordinate remedial and classroom instruction. (MS)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Instructional Materials
Kelly, Virginia – 1992
This paper discusses the concept of "study reading" as used at a learning disabilities clinic at the University of Southampton, England. Study reading is defined as attentive reading to learn and remember, as different from reading that is performed simply to follow a narrative or browsing for one's own, self-set purposes. Results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Ridout, Susan Ramp; And Others – 1994
This handbook discusses the procedures of the Indiana University Southeast Reading Center that is part of a Methods of Teaching Reading II/Reading Practicum course. The handbook notes that the Reading Center operates on a diagnostic/prescriptive basis giving attention to the needs of the child in the area of language arts. After presenting a…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Course Descriptions, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Lanese, James – 1983
Project STAR (Secondary) in the Cleveland Public Schools is designed to improve reading and vocabulary skills for grades 7-9 by training and providing teachers and teacher aides in STAR Learning Centers in 24 secondary schools. Eligible students work in the Learning Centers every day in an individualized, self-paced, audio approach to remedial…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individualized Reading
Garner, Ruth – 1984
Good readers tend to engage in conscious reading strategies that poor readers do not. Expert readers display the following strategic behaviors that novices do not: (1) studying text segments previously found difficult more extensively than easy segments; (2) spending more study time on difficult stories than on easy ones; (3) summarizing just the…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Reading Centers
Ashmore, Rhea Ann – 1985
The model for the reading and study skills center at the University of Montana is based on the individualized and classroom techniques that have been successful with university students. The center offers two courses: increasing reading effectiveness and improving reading and study skills. The first is designed to improve reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Models, Program Descriptions
Spalding, Norma V. – 1978
The Reading Assistance Program at San Jose State University was introduced through the aid of credential candidates from the reading specialist, educational counseling, and bilingual-multicultural specialist programs. Low-achieving university freshmen were taught in small groups using the jigsaw technique in which each student is given a piece of…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Reading, Educational Needs, Low Achievement
POOL, LYDIA B. – 1967
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TENNILLE, GEORGIA, SET UP A PILOT READING CENTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROGRAM AT TENNILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR ITS DISABLED READERS AND TO IMPROVE ITS DEVELOPMENTAL READING PROGRAM THROUGH INSERVICE EDUCATION. THIRTY-FOUR CHILDREN WITHOUT MOTIVATION WERE TAUGHT BY DEMONSTRATION…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Inservice Education
Starks, Gretchen – 1980
This manual outlines the strategies used by the University of Minnesota Technical College (UMTC) to generate student and faculty support for its reading and writing tutorial program. The manual first outlines 20 factors that contribute to a successful reading program, such as the provision of student support services, the awarding of credit to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Pamphlets, Program Evaluation, Publicity
Ilika, Joseph; Longnion, Bonnie – 1977
A college-level reading center program was adapted for use in helping a group of state employees improve their reading skills. This paper explains how the program originated and describes program procedures (including diagnosis, the determination of individual and course objectives, record keeping, class format, and class presentations) materials…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Programs, Evaluation Methods, Government Employees
Gil, Doron; And Others – 1979
An ongoing investigation of the process of reading diagnosis and remediation based on a theory of clinical problem solving called the "inquiry theory" has been undertaken by the Clinical Studies Group at the Institute for Research on Teaching. A review of several observational, computer simulation, and training studies conducted as part of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Programs, Interaction Process Analysis, Problem Solving
AUSTIN, MARY C. – 1968
INFORMATION ABOUT ESEA READING PROJECTS FOR THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WAS OBTAINED BY STRUCTURED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS AND A SUPPLEMENTAL WRITTEN FORM FROM 632 SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FIELD VISITS WERE MADE TO 34 SELECTED SYSTEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROGRAMS WAS REMEDIAL IN NATURE (53.48 PERCENT). COMBINATION PROGRAMS (29.59 PERCENT) USUALLY…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Sneed, Letha Cofield – 1978
Courses in remedial and corrective reading in Gary, Indiana, middle schools are examined in this paper. The basic reading skills test, which examines 20 areas of reading skill, is administered initially to all entering seventh grade students. Students who score below 50% on the test or have instructional reading levels below 4.0 are placed in…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Maloney, John D. – 1975
The reading lab at Ohlone College has developed a comprehensive and unique program which is designed to help students on all levels of ability to become more independent in the learning process. This program or system consists of several interrelated components: eight individualized reading and study skills courses, 81 videotapes, and a 60 page…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Programed Instructional Materials, Programed Tutoring
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. – 1970
The Title I E.S.E.A. evaluation for 1969-70 focuses on the objectives of the individual academic and supportive service projects included in the total Title I program. Twenty-five projects were evaluated during that academic year. The Elementary Academic Projects included: Language Development, Reading Center, Special Kindergarten, and English as…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Guidance Programs