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Peer reviewedAndrews, Jean F.; Brame, Michael – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
The article describes a four-week summer course in which an eight-year-old prelingually deaf boy helped undergraduate students learn sign language and the students helped him learn English print word/phrase equivalents. (DB)
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Deafness, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRinehart, Steven D. – Reading Psychology, 1999
Suggests that readers' theater activities may help children with reading problems gain oral-reading fluency and confidence. Describes how readers' theater can be successfully integrated into a broader, multifaceted tutorial. Finds positive benefits of readers' theater preparation and practice during a summer reading tutorial. Presents classroom…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Readers Theater
Download full textChicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1985
The findings of an evaluation of the Chicago Public Schools 1984 Summer Basic Skills Centers program are presented. The program, which relied on the extensive use of youth tutors as well as trained teachers, was designed to extend participants' mastery of skills in the basic curricula of reading and mathematics. Participating students came from…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Limited English Speaking
Colombey, Hanna – 1995
A thematic teaching program and portfolio assessment were used to maintain basic academic language arts and mathematics skills during the summer for 21 elementary students placed in residential foster care settings as victims of physical and/or sexual abuse. All activities were designed around the selected theme of a safari. Students listened to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Elementary Education, Foster Care, Integrated Curriculum
