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Robbins, Edward L.; Thompson, Linda W. – 1989
A study investigated the reading achievement of participants in the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library's incentive-based summer reading program. Subjects, 44 first, second, and third grade students from 23 different local public schools who had participated in the summer reading program at 4 inner-city brances of the public library,…
Descriptors: Incentives, Library Research, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Download full textCurtin, Josephine – 1993
A study examined the effect of the Reading Recovery program on the reading achievement of first-grade students. Subjects, 60 third-grade students in a Chicago public school with 97% Hispanic and 3% White student population, completed the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. Test scores for the 30 students who were tutored using Reading Recovery lessons in…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, High Risk Students
Raphael, Taffy E.; Wonnacott, Clydie A. – 1981
A study investigated the effects of a teacher inservice program on teaching fourth grade students the functional relationship between questions and the response information to which they refer. Ten teachers and 180 of their students participated in the study. Three of the teachers participated in a traditional half-day teacher workshop on…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 4, Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1985
Kindergarten children in three school districts were observed to measure the variance in their abilities upon entering school as well as the variance in the literacy-related instruction they received. The school districts differed in their early childhood education philosophies, as reflected in their kindergarten programs, their choices of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Walker, Carlene – 1982
A study was conducted to determine the reading level of students in a college remedial reading and writing class, the gains they made during a semester of instruction, the differences in gains made by students taking the remedial class alone and those taking that class and the normal basic composition course, and the differences in gains made by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationSticht, Thomas G. – 1995
The most extensive research and development (R&D) into the adult cognitive skills essential for workplace literacy has been conducted by the U.S. military. Military R&D related to workplace literacy has been concentrated in the following areas: formulation of developmental model for literacy in four stages (basic adaptive processes, conscious…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cognitive Development
