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Peer reviewedElkins, John – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1990
This review examines non-North American ideas about reading difficulties. Noted is the success of such tutorial programs as Reading Recovery, used in Australia, the United States, and New Zealand. The potential of a Vygotskian perspective on assessment and teaching for children experiencing reading difficulties is outlined. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Pope, Lillie – 1975
This manual for tutors deals with the specific techniques needed for teaching children, adolescents, and adults to read. It describes the problems of the student who comes for remedial instruction, discusses the nature of the relationship between the tutor and the student, outlines in simple terms the skills that are involved in the act of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Literacy, Postsecondary Education
