The study evaluates the efficacy of an intensive, reading intervention, a dropout prevention intervention, and an intensive, reading intervention plus dropout prevention on high school students' reading achievement and rates of dropout/school engagement. This paper focuses on the reading intervention and on reading outcomes. Data on the drop out…

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods--individualized approach and small groups--in the teaching of reading to juvenile delinquents. Fifteen-year-old delinquent youths, classified as uncontrollable children whose academic performance was equivalent to tenth grade level, were assigned randomly to three groups.…

This investigator found and reviewed fifty-one studies reported in the literature on individualized reading between 1937 and 1971. Of this number, forty of these studies were controlled at least to the extent of using control groups. In twenty-four cases the results favored the individualized reading group. Only one author reported higher reading…

The purpose of this study was to determine which of two individualized teaching techniques, personalized or prescriptive, was more effective in favorably changing reading rate, vocabulary, comprehension, and total reading interest scores of students enrolled in reading improvement classes in three Oklahoma community and junior colleges. The…

Designed to treat reading problems which are beyond the scope of regular classroom reading instruction, the clinic program provides for short, moderate, and long term remediation. Diagnosis of pupils referred by the schools is conducted by a team consisting of a reading clinician, psychologist, nurse and speech and hearing specialist. Based on the…

The purpose of this study was to determine if the Primary Individualized Reading Divided Day (PRIMIR D/D) Program and the non-PRIMIR D/D approaches are effective in the Seattle school system; does the operation of the PRIMIR D/D program justify startup expenses and maintenance costs; is there reason for modifying, continuing, or eliminating the…

The purpose of this study was to describe the effect that providing a specific purpose for reading a selection had on the reading behavior exhibited by subjects with different reading backgrounds, and on their comprehension of the material read. The subjects in this study were selected from the fifth grade in two schools on the basis of their…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there were significant differences in the reading attitude and reading achievement of first grade children in open concept classes which utilized an individualized language experience approach to reading as compared to children who were instructed in basal series in more formal classes. The…

This book is a compilation of articles that are related to reading instruction. The materials covered in the seventeen chapters are: "Perspectives on Reading,""The Psychology and Psycholinguistics of Reading,""Reading Readiness,""Beginning Reading,""Measuring Reading Outcomes and Determining Needs,""Grouping for Effective Reading…

This is the fifth report describing notable reading projects funded under Title Two of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The project descriptions were supplied by ESEA Title Two coordinators and media supervisors in the State departments of education for Arkansas, California, Georgia, Guam, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York,…

A traditional reading program and an individualized reading program were compared in terms of numbers of books read by pupils in a given period, the types of books selected by the pupils, and readability levels of books selected. It was hypothesized that individualized reading pupils would read more, and that pupils in the traditional reading…

Research developed and evaluated an individualized reading program for 21 third graders with reading problems. It sought to improve their reading ability so they could read and understand new vocabulary words with 80% accuracy, read with increased expression and fluency, comprehend new content and, by transfer, to produce improvement in their…