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Peer reviewedBiemiller, Andrew; Siegel, Linda S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1997
This study compared the "Bridge" experimental reading program and whole language instruction with 106 economically disadvantaged first graders at risk for reading difficulties. The "Bridge" program uses icons or picture symbols to facilitate print word identification. The "Bridge" group performed significantly better…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 1
Download full textDriscoll, Marcy P.; Tessmer, Martin – 1985
Two studies were conducted to extend the application and explore the parameters of the concept tree and rational set generator instructional design techniques. The first study was conducted with high school English students. Results indicated that students who studied the concept tree performed no differently on the classification tests than…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Concept Teaching, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPink, William T.; Leibert, Robert E. – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Examines five factors common to elementary schools that serve as major barriers to improved reading achievement: (1) grouping practices and the inappropriate use of instructional time, (2) low teacher expectation for student learning, (3) inappropriate instructional strategies for teaching reading, (4) differential curricula, and (5) inadequate…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedLevy, Betty Ann; Abello, Brent; Lysynchuk, Linda – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1997
Two studies with poor readers in grade 4 (total N=68) examined the relationship between word identification speed and story reading fluency. Benefits were found for single-word practice prior to reading stories containing those words, even for children who were particularly poor namers. Results are related to theoretical links between fluency and…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Barr, Rebecca – 1983
To examine how classroom conditions such as students' mean aptitude, materials used, and instructional time influence the amount of reading material covered, 12 first grade classrooms were each observed for 12 days over a 36-week period. Students' reading readiness and word recognition skills were tested prior to observation while group mean…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1983
To evaluate the relative effectiveness of traditional versus computer managed instruction (CMI) basic skills programs for incarcerated adults, 359 male inmates from three traditional self-paced and three PLATO/CMI programs were given pretests in the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). Following three…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) prekindergarten screening and first grade reading achievement; (2) the influence of the instructional environment on children's acquisition of reading; (3)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Cerebral Dominance, Classroom Environment
