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Harmon, Janis; Wood, Karen; Smith, Kassandra; Zakaria, Nauff; Ramadan, Kimberly; Sykes, Melissa – Reading Psychology, 2016
This qualitative study investigated high school reading programs and participants focusing on the insider perspectives of teachers and their students. The study occurred in two sites, one in a Southern state and the other in an Eastern state. The participants, five high school reading teachers and two to three students in each of their reading…
Descriptors: High School Students, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Qualitative Research
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Harmon, Janis M.; Hedrick, Wanda B.; Wood, Karen D.; Vintinner, Jean – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
While there has been growing interest in the last few years to address the literacy needs of adolescents, this interest comes when alarming numbers of students are challenged by academic literacy demands in high school. Many students entering high school without passing state assessment examinations are required to take developmental reading…
Descriptors: Investigations, Reading Programs, Secondary School Teachers, Reading Teachers
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Morris, Darrell – Reading Research and Instruction, 2005
This study describes the evolution of an exemplary Title I reading program in a rural elementary school. The key element in the program was a knowledgeable reading teacher who worked directly with children and also supervised the tutoring efforts of others (teacher assistants and community volunteers). A snapshot of longitudinal test data showed…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Program Development, Rural Schools, Elementary Schools
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1974
Based on one school district's project for the the 1973-74 school term, this report covers the activities of 10 rural North Carolina schools involved in an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, reading laboratory program during its fifth year of operation. Contents of the report include an analysis of the district's needs, a sketch of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Facilities, Inservice Education, Instructional Materials