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Download full textNeuman, Susan B. – 1981
Authors of skills management systems may have misinterpreted and misapplied Benjamin Bloom's theory of mastery learning in developing their systems for teaching reading. Skills management procedures are inconsistent with Bloom's theory in the areas of management, learning tasks, skills hierarchy, and instructional methods. In addition, the four…
Descriptors: Individualized Reading, Mastery Learning, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction
Bermel, Sharon – 1987
The Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading-Reading Recovery Program (CLEAR-RR) provided early intervention to 224 underachieving first grade pupils in Columbus, Ohio schools. The program's two major goals were to develop and provide CLEAR-RR for the first grade pupils and to adapt and apply the inservice program for teachers. Specially…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Grade 1, Individualized Reading, Primary Education
Neuman, Delia, Ed.; And Others – School Library Media Quarterly, 1995
Reviews current research on free voluntary reading and discusses its benefits for vocabulary development, reading ability, writing style, spelling, grammar, pleasure, personal discovery, and literacy. Positive correlations are made between free voluntary reading and academic achievement and second-language acquisition. Eleven relevant documents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Individualized Reading, Language Acquisition
Kushmuk, James – 1985
"Helping One Student to Succeed" (HOSTS) is a nationally validated Chapter 1 exemplary program adopted by 24 schools in the Portland School District (Oregon) during 1984-85. Designed to help low performers learn to read by providing individualized instruction on a one-to-one basis through the use of volunteer tutors, HOSTS served 833…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1988
Intended to improve language and reading skills of selected underachieving students, the 1987-88 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio, public schools served 4109 pupils in grades 1-8 in 94 schools. The program featured individual and small group instruction arranged according to pupil needs, as well…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education
Zarrillo, James – 1987
This paper argues that literature-centered reading programs, based on the perspective that reading is the process of bringing meaning to print, are in the best interest of the language minority students in the nation's elementary schools. After a review of basal reading systems and language-centered reading programs, the paper describes the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies
