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Torgesen, Joseph K.; And Others – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
Summarizes ongoing research designed to generate new knowledge about the relative effectiveness of different approaches to the prevention and remediation of reading disabilities in children, particularly difficulties in acquiring accurate and fluent word reading skills. Preliminary results from the prevention study and the remediation study are…
Descriptors: Children, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Prevention

Foorman, Barbara R.; And Others – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
Describes preliminary results obtained from preventive, early intervention, and remediation studies with culturally diverse elementary students with significant reading problems. The effects of daily phonological awareness activities, a synthetic phonics approach, and explicit instruction in the alphabet are summarized. Ethnic differences in…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Differences, Early Intervention, Educational Strategies