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Empirical Education Inc., 2010
The study uses a quasi-experimental comparison group design to test the effectiveness of "Treasures" by comparing outcomes for students who used "Treasures" to those who did not use "Treasures", adjusting for differences between the "Treasures" and comparison groups on baseline characteristics. The study…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Reading Programs, Basal Reading, Program Effectiveness
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1987
This monograph was developed to provide elementary classroom teachers with suggestions for diagnosing several aspects of children's reading abilities and attitudes. The techniques described adhere to diagnostic guidelines set forth in the first part of the monograph and should be useful in regular classroom situations. The remainder of the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
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Foster, Susan J. – Thresholds in Education, 1998
A first-grade teacher investigated the use of daily poetry readings to help students develop certain characteristics of skilled readers, including fluency and comprehension. Students in a class receiving poetry-reading instruction had higher comprehension scores and reading levels than students in a control class receiving basal-reader…
Descriptors: Action Research, Basal Reading, Curriculum Enrichment, Grade 1
CARLTON, LESSIE; MOORE, ROBERT H. – 1965
THE EFFECTS OF A TECHNIQUE ON THE READING ACHIEVEMENT AND SELF-CONCEPT OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. THE POPULATION SAMPLED WAS DRAWN FROM TWO SCHOOLS IN A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREA. THE PUPILS SELECTED FROM GRADES 1 THROUGH 4 WERE EQUALLY ASSIGNED TO AN EXPERIMENTAL OR CONTROL GROUP. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP RECEIVED INSTRUCTION BY…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth