This paper first presents the rationale for an eclectic approach to remedial teaching and then considers a teacher training program designed to encourage eclecticism. The wide range of pupil characteristics, teacher attributes, and instructional approaches and the lack of any universal cure for reading problems necessitates an eclectic approach in…

A description of the use of the Reading Instructional Packets and the Reading Activities Packets, a program for individualized reading instruction designed for use by students grouped on level of reading achievement rather than grade level, is given. The time allowed for each packet should depend on the materials to be presented, student…

Describes an individualized remedial reading program where students choose their own reading lessons within a framework structured by the teacher. (TO)

Describes an individualized multi-media remedial reading program incorporating performance contracting. (TO)

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," was begun in 1971 and serves about 300 students in kindergarten through grade 6. Three or four children from each class, who are identified by test results and/or evaluation by a teacher or a reading consultant as those most in need of remedial reading instruction, are selected…

Appropriate reading materials in the classroom which are self-directed, self-corrective, and a suitable level of difficulty can provide the student practice in those skills in which he is deficient. (MM)

A Reading Buddy Program where high school and university students help junior high students who are having difficulty in reading is a method of improving reading skills and the students' self concepts. (JH)

Describes a program which uses learning centers and a task-completion approach to teach students with reading difficulties. (KS)

This booklet describes a junior high school reading laboratory located in Urbana (Illinois) Junior High School, Fisher Campus. The student population in the school numbers approximately 950. Students have individual schedules, with six instructional classes of fifty minutes per day. Students enrolled in the lab attend each day for a regular…

An evaluation of the reading laboratory clinic at the Sulzberger Junior High School, Philadelphia, is reported. On the basis of a group informal reading inventory (IRI) 120 from a total of 467 grade-7 students were assigned to the clinic. Pupils who scored below third-grade second-semester book level were considered eligible for the clinic…