The developmental reading program at John Tyler Community College was designed to strengthen students' overall reading ability to the desired level for each curriculum. Length of the program varies from one quarter to a two-term course of study, depending on reading level. Included in this pamphlet is a basic outline of the course; discussed are…

An attempt to build on oral language programs--such as the language experience approach--by adding a written language component and a phonics component, to make transition to reading more meaningful and reading skill development more systematic, was undertaken in the study described here. The program, called DIREKT, was conducted by two…

One of five papers discussing the humanistic model used in the training of reading teachers at City College of New York, this paper describes how the various field experiences of the developmental/remedial reading program are sequenced. Noting that the field experience courses are structured to give equal weight to the students' cognitive,…

This study examined the reading progress under different teaching approaches of 89 children with diagnosed learning disabilities. The learning-disabled children were placed either in an experimental group that received reading instruction with materials that sequenced learning in increasingly complex levels (from letter-sound to word to context…

A reading program implemented in the Birmingham, Alabama, public schools in 1974 has produced increases in reading achievement in each of the years it has been used. Prior to 1974, the average Birmingham student's standardized reading test scores ranged from two months below the national average at the end of first grade to one year and nine…