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Cathcart, Maureen – Elementary English, 1973
Examines the relative merits of the language experience approach, the basal reader approach, and the individualized reading approach for beginning reading instruction, concluding that individualized reading has the advantage of fitting the needs of the student. (RB)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Individualized Reading, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedWarren, Ann; Frederick, E. Coston – Reading Horizons, 1975
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
Download full textStreit, Janet – 1973
In an attempt to determine the effects of the teaching-of-reading methods of individualized Reading and Basal Textbook on children's reading interests, frequency of reading, and actual book preferences, an inventory was administered to 396 boys and girls in grades four to six within two schools representing these reading approaches. It was found…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Independent Reading, Individualized Reading, Primary Education
South St. Paul Public Schools, Minn. – 1968
This document is a brochure published by the South St. Paul Public Schools describing some of the results of a questionnaire-survey of over 200 teachers in Minnesota using Sullivan's Programmed Reading in the primary grades. The brochure is composed of (1) an introductory section which discusses the premise of programmed reading; namely, the…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Independent Reading
Teigland, Anna Elizabeth; And Others – 1971
The criteria used to compare the effectiveness of the individualized and basal reader approaches in this study were based on vocabulary, comprehension, and attitude toward reading as well as the number, type, and difficulty of books voluntarily read during second grade. Near the end of kindergarten, children in three schools were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading
Smith, Lewis B.; Morgan, Glen D. – 1973
Communication Skills Through Authorship (CSTA) is an initial and early reading program designed to complement any basal reading plan and based on the premise that a child will learn best to read what is important to him personally. Begun in Idaho schools in 1969-70, the program encourages each student to tape record many impressions, stories, or…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Early Reading
Effects of the introduction of programed readers on teacher behavior and attitudes and on student achievement were considered at the early primary school level. The Webster-McGraw-Hill series of programed readers was included in the curriculum of an experimental group of first through third grade classes while a comparable control group used a…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Conventional Instruction, Course Evaluation
Gleason, Gerald T. – 1970
A 3-year study with 359 pupils compared individualized reading instruction with basal reading instruction. Twenty-eight first-grade classrooms were paired (individualized and basal), and teachers received prior instruction for working in the experiment. Pupils remained together in their various classes and treatment groups for the 3-year period,…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Individualized Reading, Longitudinal Studies
