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Goldberg, Herman K.; Schiffman, Gilbert B. – 1972
The purpose of this book is to provide an understanding of both the educational and medical aspects of reading and to show how they are interrelated in reading disabilities. The various aspects of reading disabilities are presented in the following chapters: Introduction to the Reading Problem; Early Predictive Studies; Psychological Evaluation;…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading
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Eaves, June – Educational Studies, 1978
In a study of the relationship between reading disability and poor social adjustment in intelligent children, significant correlation was found between reading retardation and hostility. Also, misperception by teachers of intelligent children with reading problems was noted. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Child Development, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Chomsky, Carol – Language Arts, 1976
A memorization technique using books recorded on tapes gave nonreading children practice in reading connected discourse and put them in touch with a variety of books. (JH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Learning Activities
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Glick, Oren – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
It was concluded that early academic performance has consequences in the social-emotional domain which perpetuate and generalize patterns of success for females and failure for males. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response, Grade 3, Peer Relationship
Lichtenstein, Jack – Elem Engl, 1970
Discusses a comparative study of three approaches used to minimize reading difficulties: words in color, the initial teaching alphabet, and the Lippincott Basic Reading Program. (SW)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Color, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Primary Education
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Gever, Benson E. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Emotional Problems, Failure, Learning Disabilities
Hickerson, Pat – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Advantaged, Design Requirements, Intelligence, Junior High School Students
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Merrion, Margaret Dee; And Others – Music Educators Journal, 1981
In separate articles three authors discuss (1) the beneficial "normalizing effect" of mainstreaming for handicapped students; (2) how to help the nonreader in music class; and (3) what a research study has shown about wind instrument instruction for educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students. (SJL)
Descriptors: Achievement, Applied Music, Junior High Schools, Mainstreaming
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Downing, John – Reading, 1977
Discusses the hazards that the English language contains for children learning to read, reports the Bullock Report's recommendation to judge I.T.A. on its merits, and describes research findings suggesting that the probability of reading failure is considerably greater when T.O. is used than when I.T.A. is used. (GT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
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Downing, John – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Presents examples of the social causation of reading handicaps from a cross-cultural study of 14 countries called the Comparative Reading project. The study compared ways children were taught to read. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
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Fawcett, Angela J.; Nicolson, Roderick I.; Moss, Helen; Nicolson, Margaret K.; Reason, Rea – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 2001
Presents a study evaluating the effect of reading intervention with children at risk of reading failure. Explains the program spanned 10 weeks and emphasized word building and phonics skills. States there is a need for continual support as opposed to a short intervention. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Alanis, Iliana; Munter, Judith; Tinajero, Josefina Villamil – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Describes student outcomes following the first year of implementation of an early reading intervention project designed to improve the first language literacy in first grade English language learners (ELLs). Results indicate steady improvement in reading levels and support providing ELLs with interventions that use an intensive, systematic,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Grade 1, Intervention
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Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – Language Arts, 1991
Describes the chief characteristics of the Success for All program and reports some results of its effects on beginning readers and writers. Concludes that reading failure is fundamentally preventable for nearly all children, regardless of home background. (MG)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
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Horowitz, Jeff – Reading Teacher, 2000
Uses the example of a 12-year-old nonreader to review fundamental principles essential to teaching seriously disabled preadolescent nonreaders. Argues that teachers must begin with an acute awareness of how students feel; accurately access strengths and weaknesses; find starting points that will guarantee initial success; be clear about time…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Slavin, Robert E., Ed.; And Others – 1994
Noting the growing consensus among researchers and policy makers that prevention of learning problems makes much more sense than remediation, this book reviews research into the effects of various early childhood interventions on the academic performance of young children, particularly those who are at risk for reading failure. The reviews…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Practices
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