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Tillman, Gail – 1995
A study examined whether implementing reading computer assisted instruction compared to traditional reading instruction will produce more effective comprehension at the elementary school level. Subjects, 30 fifth-grade boys and girls in a low socioeconomic area of Brooklyn, New York, were divided into experimental and control groups. Subjects in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness
Vigilante, Alan – 1994
A practicum encapsulated a reading skills assessment and intervention program utilizing computer-aided instruction and support activities for four 3-week sessions. The primary target population was the 43 juvenile delinquents at a Florida juvenile detention center who completed posttest measures. A total of 280 students participated in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Feeley, Joan T.; Wepner, Shelley B. – 1986
College students in a reading rate improvement course participated in a study (1) to determine the effects of text displayed on the computer screen as opposed to the printed page and (2) to see if computerized speed reading programs changed student attitudes toward reading efficiency exercises. Subjects, 26 students of similar reading…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Attitudes
Newman, Anabel; And Others – 1993
A study examined the effectiveness of the spring-semester 1993 implementation of the CONSULT-I(R) program, which uses artificial intelligence with statistical pattern recognition in constructing a diagnosis and recommending treatment of reading difficulties. Eight classroom teachers and two Gifted and Talented coordinators at South Avondale…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Newman, Anabel; And Others – 1995
A study examined the effectiveness of the third year of implementation of the CONSULT-I program, which uses artificial intelligence with statistical pattern recognition in constructing a diagnosis and recommending treatment of reading difficulties. Six elementary classroom teachers at South Avondale Elementary School in Cincinnati, Ohio,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Rosenheck, Donna; And Others – 1996
A study examined how Accelerated Reader Program (a computerized reading management program used in elementary education) affected attitudes toward reading and use of the media center. Fifth-grade students in three Lee County, Florida schools were surveyed. One school had no Accelerated Reader program in place; one school had a mandatory…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Levinson, Judith L.; Lalor, Ida – 1989
A study focused on the effects of the Writing to Read program piloted at kindergarten and first grade levels in Community Consolidated School District 65. The report included measures of students' writing, performance on district-made and standardized reading tests, and a follow-up on second graders. Statistical techniques of group comparison and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
Fiedorowicz, C. A. M.; Trites, R. L. – 1987
A study in eastern Ontario, Canada, evaluated a computer program, the Autoskill Component Reading Subskills Program, which was used to improve the reading comprehension of elementary school students identified as reading disabled. Subjects, 91 students from five school districts, were behind at least one grade in reading word recognition skills…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Man Machine Systems
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Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1989
Designed to improve underachieving high school students' reading and communication skills, the Secondary Reading Program served 595 ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders in 12 Columbus, Ohio, public schools. Funding was made available through the Ohio Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund (DPPF). Thirteen teachers participated in the 1987-88 program,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, High School Students