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Hoyt, James Robert – 1973
The purpose of this study was to provide information relative to effects of the inclusion of an individualized reading program complemented by Communication Skills through Authorship (CSTA), developed at the University of Idaho, on the language and reading experience of reluctant readers at the secondary level. Students in the 9th grade,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations, Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction
Orr, Robert Stewart, Jr. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an individualized reading program on pupil attitudes toward reading and school among remedial seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students. Six hypotheses were tested: (1) students in the individualized reading program will show a significant positive change in attitude toward school as…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Individualized Instruction, Junior High School Students, Reading Instruction
Rice, Charles Duane – 1976
The purposes of this study were: (1) to synthesize the input from available professional resources, to develop original instructional modules for use in inservice teacher education in three areas identified by the International Reading Association: interaction with parents and community, school and classroom organization for individualized…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Morgan, Virginia Richardson – 1974
The problems stated for this study were: (1) to determine the additional cost per month of reading gain in the Dougherty County reading program--funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act--for elementary students (grades 1-6); (2) to compare the previous cost per month of gain for students enrolled in the Title I program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness
Simpkins, Gary Alexander – 1976
The cross-cultural approach to reading, which involves a structured, individualized sequence of learning activities, was designed to accommodate the culture and language of black "nonmainstream" students. The approach includes two teaching/learning strategies: associative bridging, the process of beginning with students' familiar dialect and then…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Students
Henderson, Mary Ann – 1974
The purpose of this study was to analyze the scores of groups who were instructed by two individualized instructional methods on characteristics hypothesized as being related to the instructional treatments. The instructional treatments consisted of a prescriptive method based upon behavioristic theory and a personalized method based upon…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Teaching