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Blair, Timothy R.; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Argues that while computers have the potential to become important in the teaching of reading, the computer revolution cannot happen until support is provided to prepare teachers to use microcomputers and to integrate software into regular reading programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Program Effectiveness
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Greene, Beth G. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Presents annotations of 15 documents in the ERIC database concerning reports on research findings that highlight practices and procedures that "work" in reading and literacy education. (RS)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
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Allington, Richard; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Concludes that remediation often consists of students completing skill lessons in workbooks with the teacher serving as manager, that most remedial activities are not congruent with classroom tasks, and that remedial students generally receive no additional instructional time to acquire reading behaviors. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Effectiveness, Reading Instruction
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Bond, Carole L.; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1996
Finds that the program was somewhat more effective than the traditional (basal) curriculum for teaching word attack and letter-word identification, especially for students in low socioeconomic schools in a metropolitan school district, but that the program was not more effective than the conventional curriculum for more complex language skills…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
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Shannon, Patrick – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Suggests that most administrators accept student test scores as the appropriate goal of reading programs and centralized planning and use of commercial reading materials as the appropriate means for reading instruction, while most teachers seek more effective and communal goals and more autonomy concerning means. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Burns, Matthew K.; Senesac, Barbara V.; Symington, Todd – Reading Research and Instruction, 2004
The Helping One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) Language Arts volunteer tutoring program was evaluated by comparing pre- and post-intervention scores on standardized measures of reading using a 5-month test-retest interval. Students (n = 129) from six elementary schools in Michigan that utilize the HOSTS program served as the experimental group, and…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students, Reading Instruction
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Rightmyer, Elizabeth Campbell; McIntyre, Ellen; Petrosko, Joseph M. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2006
This study examined the phonics and reading achievement of 117 primary grade students in 14 schools and 42 classrooms. Students received instruction in one of six different reading programs or models based upon the school they attended. Through qualitative data collection and analysis of specific instructional practices, it was determined that no…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Primary Education, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension