This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 879 first- and second-graders, plus one fourth-grade class. The students are predominantly middle-class whites living in a small city. The program is an initial reading program designed to complement any basal reading series. The instructional strategy is based on the…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 150 children in kindergarten through grade 9 who are reading below grade level and show measurable potential for improvement. The activities in which children engage depend on the diagnosis of their skill deficiencies. At each grade level, a reading specialist leads small…

Describes an experience based reading program developed in Melbourne, Australia, for low-income and immigrant children and a series of books to be published which are based on this program. (MKM)

This final evaluation report of the Burrillville Reading Observes Necessary Communication Objectives and Skills (BRONCOS) project, a Right to Read program in Burrillville, Rhode Island, summarizes the results for each of the project's four general and ten specific objectives and describes the activities that have been carried out to accomplish…

One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs....," is this program begun in 1969 which uses a language experience approach during the first three years of the children's education, kindergarten through second grade. The primary objective is to develop an initial sight vocabulary and word recognition skills in each child by…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves K-5 students in a small rural town. The strengths of children are the focus of this program, which uses teaching strategies introduced by Robert Wilson of the University of Maryland reading center. Teacher-prepared diagnostic tests and skills checklists are used to…

A language program was developed which was based on three areas of psycholinguistic abilities associated with auditory processes. The major aim of this study was to test the effect of this specially devised program on reading competence. Another aim was to test the effect of the program on reading attitude and spelling competence. Fifth grade…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," is the result of the efforts of a small team of teachers who desired an alternative method for teaching efficient reading and study skills to underachieving high school students and for supplementing remedial reading classes. Begun in 1972, the program serves 130 ninth graders…

The New York City Board of Education's Title I program, "Learning to Read through the Arts," teaches skills in reading through involvement in the arts, builds self-confidence, improves self-image, and adds to the experiences of the participating children. If children are able to read material and apply the information thus acquired to…

Presents the Language-Experience Approach (LEA) of teaching beginning and remedial reading, describing how it may be used in the science classroom. Provides step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate the LEA into science laboratory activities and gives tips on how to structure the class to accommodate different levels of readers. (JM)

Learning to Read Through the Arts is an intensive, individualized reading program that focuses on the improvement of reading skills through the integration of a total art program with a total reading program. The staff includes reading teachers, art teachers, and classroom teachers working as a team. Listening, speaking, writing, and reading…

A whole language approach is emphasized in the reading clinic at the University of Missouri (St. Louis) because disabled readers need to practice their skills simultaneously in speaking, listening, and reading. At the clinic, teachers are encouraged to learn and use several approaches to teaching reading. However, the language experience approach…

Describes a program in a first grade classroom in a rural school district which integrates holistic and direct instructional ideas by using the basal reader as one part of an otherwise holistic literacy program. Presents the major benefits of and some concerns about the program. (RS)