Describes a project that focused on identifying beginning first grade children with prereading deficits and which created a diagnostic-prescriptive program at the beginning of the first grade that changed potential failure in first grade into a true success story. (Author/DN)

This book describes the step-by-step procedures of a program for reading, writing, and spelling. First published in 1972, it has been revised and expanded so that not only teachers but also parents and other interested adults can use the prescribed sequential lesson plans for one-to-one reading and spelling instruction. Stressing a positive…

This volume reports on a study to investigate the effectiveness of a developmental, individualized reading laboratory program at the middle-school and high-school levels. The program was developed and evaluated over a four-year period, at the F.K. Yonge Laboratory School, located at the University of Florida at Gainesville. Promising results…

THIS REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAM AT NORTHAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1966 TO 1967, PART OF THE BOSTON-NORTHAMPTON COMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM, A TITLE III ESEA PROJECT, PROVIDES A GUIDE FOR ESTABLISHING AN INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAM IN THE CLASSROOM.…

The purpose of this study was to compare student reading and vocabulary achievement of classes using a standard basal-reading series with the achievement of a class using the same standard basal-reading series and a computer-managed, teacher-support system in reading. The reading and vocabulary achievement growth of a sample of 40 classes of…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 1728 students in kindergarten through grade six and 429 students in grades seven through twelve. Most of the students are white, live in a small town, and are from middle-income families. The program began in 1961 and provides detailed guidelines for each grade level on…

In this program, designed to help remedial reading students in the English classroom, each student's reading skill needs will be diagnosed and the resultant data will be applied to methods of catering to individual needs within the class group. Students will be judged by what they produce to fulfill their individual needs. The document contains a…

Low reading achievement in the Chicago public schools spurred the development of a mastery approach reading package. This approach assumes that in time any student can achieve the level of the brightest student. Implementation of a mastery program in urban areas presents special problems, including diversity of student backgrounds, time and space…

This study investigated the efficacy of four different reading treatments for reading disabled children. EMG biofeedback training for suppression of subvocalization and individualized reading instruction were combined in an orthogonal design to assess their independent and combined effects on subvocalization, comprehension, and vocabulary mastery.…

An effective volunteer program can provide a means for facilitating individualized reading instruction in an elementary school setting by providing services to meet the needs of both teachers and students. Volunteers in the Prince George's County Public Schools in Columbia, Maryland provide services in three major areas. Clerical volunteers…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves over 800 rural elementary school students, both black and white. The program curriculum is designed to improve the student's basic skills in reading and social science learning. The student reads or listens to short passages that are based on the concept of the functional…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves almost 9000 children ranging from preschoolers to sixth graders. The program is actually a series of programs designed to coordinate reading instruction. It includes the following features: a complete diagnostic testing program beginning at age four; individualized reading…

Teachers' concern with the "what" of reading has clouded the issue of the "how" of reading. Knowledge of how a child goes about particular reading tasks may give clues to the difficulties he is encountering. Work with disabled readers during three phases of behavior--(1) before the breakthrough in acquiring a reading process, (2) at the time of…