The Beverly Public Schools Comprehensive Remedial Reading Program, funded under Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act, was evaluated in the Spring of 1971. The program was comprised of Reading Laboratories using materials produced by Educational Development Laboratories, Inc. in three elementary schools, two junior high schools, and a…

The papers contained in this volume offer the opinions and evidence of sixteen specialists on matters pertaining to literature for children and adolescents--the writing of literature, the selection of literature, and the role of literature in reading instruction. Taken together, they cover a wide range of grade levels and represent many points of…

To compare the effects of two different comprehension treatments on the reading of university students enrolled in a developmental reading laboratory, 74 students were administered pretests measuring reading achievement and reading attitudes and were given five weeks of instruction in text organizing strategies and vocabulary development. After…

Papers in this journal issue were drawn from the proceedings of the 1984 conference of the Western College Reading and Learning Association, as well as articles submitted for juried selection, and focus on reading, learning assistance, developmental education, and tutorial services at the college level. Papers are divided into sections for…

A history of the growing interest and knowledge concerning dyslexia is provided to clarify theoretical models, while the operational model is described in terms of admission criteria, instruction, diagnostic and evaluative techniques, role of interdisciplinary staff, and pupil characteristics. Methods, materials, and approach of the instructional…