As the first in a four-volume final report of a Right to Read preservice, competency-based modular reading specialist project, this volume contains a guide for the project implementor and a description of the first component of the project entitled, "Reading/Language Arts, K-12." The implementor guide discusses the philosophy,…

This paper traces the rising interest in the use of modules as a means of improving instruction for teachers of reading, and examines the pressures for innovation and the results of research efforts. Acknowledging that the teacher is the key component in determining whether children learn to read successfully, training institutions are accepting…

The purposes of this study were (1) to design four resource modules--Diagnostic Evaluation of Reading Progress; Developing Comprehension: Analysis of Meaning; Developing Comprehension: Synthesis and Generalization; Developing Comprehension: Information Acquisition--and (2) to determine whether an instructional module developed from one of these…

The purposes of this study were (1) to develop and evaluate resource modules in the areas of treating reading difficulties and individualizing instruction to be used in a competency based teacher education program in reading and (2) to determine whether an instructional portion of the reading difficulties module could effectively be implemented in…

This publication is a module designed for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in early childhood, reading, children's literature, and special education and for in-service courses for paraprofessionals. The module is presented in two parts. Part one is the manual, which (1) describes the mode of administering the module and (2) briefly…

This is part two of a teaching module designed for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in early childhood, reading, children's literature and special education, and for in-service courses for paraprofessionals. This section specifies videotape pre-assessment and post-assessment sessions, and contains three instructional elements, assessment…

The Preservice Reading Education Program (PREP) is a competency-based teacher education program for elementary and early childhood education students. It focuses on the following five major activities: (1) the coordination of an organized program in reading education around identified teacher competencies; (2) the individualization of instruction…

Volume II of the three-volume final report on the Right to Read Preservice Teacher Preparation Project is arranged into five appendices presenting learning, instructional, and evaluational modules in the reading and language arts fields. Appendix A appears in Volume I. Appendix B is a first draft of nine modules for a second undergraduate reading…

This document is the final volume of a three-volume report on the Right to Read Preservice Teacher Preparation Project. It is composed of ten appendices (H-Q) containing various teaching modules, assessment forms, audio-visual materials, and orientation packages. Appendix H presents instruments for assessing student performance in student…

This learning module, one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing on specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with the task of assisting students in achieving basic reading skills. Addressed in the individual learning experiences included in the module are the following topics: the…

This learning module, one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing on specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with the task of assisting students in developing technical reading skills. Addressed in the individual learning experiences included in the module are the following topics:…