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Flink, Patrick J. – Reading Improvement, 2017
Reading comprehension and fluency issues are the most significant challenges facing adult, developmental reading students in community colleges. While a great deal of focus has been on improving developmental reading instruction, there is a lack of attention, and research, on how to best improve students' actual reading. Self-selected reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Community Colleges

Saban, Ahmet – Reading Improvement, 1994
Explains cooperative learning and provides a sample implementation of the group investigation model. Suggests that implementation of the group investigation model in a graduate-level reading education course supports the findings of cooperative learning in the literature. Argues that cooperative learning should be a part of teacher education…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Models

Sanderson, Donna R. – Reading Improvement, 2003
Notes that the Title I Program at the Upper Darby School District (located on the western boarder of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) created the T.O.A.S.T. (Title One After School Tutorial) program from the need for extended learning time and opportunities to assist struggling young readers. Concludes that students increased their sight word…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Parent Participation

Hatch, J. Amos – Reading Improvement, 1993
Describes the ways key issues in whole-language implementation were handled in Tennessee's pilot program. Offers a framework for encouraging teachers to look closely at the advantages of whole language without squeezing them between a rock and a hard place. (RS)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Program Descriptions