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Peer reviewedOrlow, Maria – Reading Teacher, 1976
Compares the elementary reading programs in the two countries and describes the remedial programs in Hamburg. (RB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Literacy Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textWOOLMAN, LORRAINE – 1967
A PROGRAM PROVIDING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READERS IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, IS DESCRIBED. THE ORGANIZATION AND MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTION INCLUDE EXTENDED READINESS, BASAL INSTRUCTION, REMEDIATION IN GRADES 3, 4, 5, AND 6, AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTION. INSERVICE TRAINING, GRADING, EVALUATION AND PROBLEM AREAS ARE DISCUSSED. A SHORT…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation, Grading, Inservice Education
Peer reviewedBlasik, Katherine A.; Hodges, Ernest V. E. – ERS Spectrum, 1997
Describes the Broward County (Florida) Research and Evaluation Department's assessment of a Sylvan Learning Systems remedial reading program employed in two district schools during 1993-94. Sylvan staff adequately equipped both sites, appropriately used diagnostic tests for placing students, implemented motivation and direct-instruction…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Partnerships in Education, Privatization, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMorrison, Connie Strong – Reading Horizons, 1974
Describes a six-week experimental cross-age tutoring program involving seventh and eighth graders deficient in reading skills as tutors of kindergarten through sixth grade students also exhibiting deficiencies in reading skills. (TO)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. – 1991
Most of the federal government's support of disadvantaged young children has come through Head Start and Chapter 1 programs. Chapter 1 has mainly been used for pull-out remedial reading and mathematics programs in the elementary grades. The National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDE) is…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Federal Programs, Preschool Education
Schneider, Anita – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine what procedures were employed by the school districts in New Jersey to identify, diagnose, and service remedial readers. A random sample of 20 percent of the elementary schools in the state were sent a questionnaire to determine their reading practices for the academic year 1972-73. Responses to the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Instruction
Smith, Harold T. – 1966
This report deals with preschool, kindergarten, and elementary grade efforts for disadvantaged children in Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1966. The findings, based primarily on conferences with elementary school personnel, are presented under the headings of continuous growth concept, preventive and remedial programs, staff specialists and special…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Flexible Progression
Peer reviewedWalp, Trudy P.; Walmsley, Sean A. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Discusses three types of congruence--procedural, instructional, and philosophical--for compensatory educational programs. Asserts that most definitions of congruence are inadequate because they don't include all three aspects. Examines the practices used to operationalize congruence, and notes that conflicting perceptions of congruence may lead to…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMossburg, Jacqueline – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes a remediation program designed to promote students' self-confidence, in addition to promoting fluent reading and enhancing comprehension. Notes that the program uses real books with meaningful language patterns, presented so that each student experiences success. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Patterns, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
RMC Research Corp., Mountain View, CA. – 1976
Project Catch-Up is a reading and math laboratory project for kindergarten through sixth-grade students. It features highly qualified teachers and aides who teach in the morning only, in an attractive, well-equipped laboratory, using an eclectic approach. Staff members are free to use whatever techniques they choose and to purchase instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Laboratories, Mathematics Instruction, Program Descriptions
RMC Research Corp., Mountain View, CA. – 1976
Intensive Reading Instructional Teams is a laboratory project for third graders and for some fourth graders who have difficulty in reading. It features a carefully individualized, eclectic approach made possible by low student/teacher ratios and by a wide variety of materials and equipment. The unique features of this program are the use of an…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Individualized Programs, Learning Laboratories
Broward County Schools, Fort Lauderdale, FL. – 1974
One of the twelve exemplary reading programs summarized in the Introduction to Right to Read's "Effective Reading Programs: Summaries of 222 Selected Programs" (CS001934), this program uses a variety of cross-referenced materials and small group instruction to develop students' reading skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedFitton, Lori; Gredler, Gilbert – Psychology in the Schools, 1996
Reviews research on the effectiveness of parental involvement in improving elementary school-aged children's reading skills. Studies show that parents can enhance their children's reading ability, but parents desire training in specific strategies. Two feasible programs are presented, although more research is needed on various home reading…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Literature Reviews
Lang, Gladys Cole – 1975
Three reading tests were given as pretests and posttests to 1,752 students in grades one through six in 12 Title I elementary schools. Of these students, 935 were enrolled in a special, individualized reading program utilizing reading centers housed in each school. Self-instructional materials were used as part of a diagnostic-prescriptive…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Program Effectiveness
Reading Newsreport, 1972
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eye Movements, Instructional Materials, Music Reading
