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Peer reviewedPhipps, Patricia M.; Nielsen, Jorgen Christian – Reading Teacher, 1987
Describes an early intervention reading program in Gentofte, Denmark, that is designed to maintain rather than remediate reading skills. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Program Content, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedRaynor, Phyllis F. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes a program initiated in East Germany in l962 to identify and remediate specific reading disabilities in elementary school children. Compares aspects of the program with those of programs in other nations. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Program Content
Peer reviewedBoomer, Garth – Journal of Reading, 1983
Offers a view of literacy within the Australian context and traces the progress of two language and curriculum development projects. (AEA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Literacy
Peer reviewedElliott, Julian; Arthurs, Jane; Williams, Robert – British Educational Research Journal, 2000
Reports an evaluation of the effectiveness of a volunteer tutor reading intervention. Indicates that children receiving the volunteer intervention failed to make greater progress than same-school controls. Considers possible reasons for the apparent intervention failure. Concludes by cautioning against simplistic expectations that adult support…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textTopping, K. J.; Scoble, J. – 1986
The Ryedale Adult Literacy Paired Reading Project pairs tutors and adults with reading difficulties. In the Ryedale program, tutees choose reading material that is within the tutor's readability level. The tutor and tutee read aloud together at the tutee's pace until the tutee has made enough progress to read aloud alone. When tutees feel ready,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWohl, Aryeh – Reading Teacher, 1985
Describes a program in which three educational institutions collaborated to create and implement a multisensory reading/language arts program that focuses on language arts integration, sequential skills learning, and individualized instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Television, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Integrated Activities
Leckie, Neil – 1984
The first of two volumes dealing with the effective use of textbooks to teach reading, this booklet describes New Zealand's "Ready to Read" program and how materials are used in the curriculum to accomplish literacy goals. The first part of the booklet provides a general overview of the country and its educational system and of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
Peacock, Colin – 1981
"Language Skills in English," a three-year project designed to explore the application of mastery learning techniques to solve the reading and writing problems of secondary school students in Scotland, is discussed in this paper. Background information provided in the first section of the paper concerns the context of the project, its…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
