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Zintz, Miles V. – 1972
This book is primarily for the in-service teacher and discusses specific practices required in corrective reading. Some of the chapters and topics include: "Appraising Reading Problems in the Classroom," which discusses steps in remedial reading, the teacher's role, causes of reading failure, characteristics of a good reading program, and the…
Descriptors: Etiology, Oral Reading, Readability, Readiness
Chatfield, Arlene – 1980
Inability to learn to read is the major reason students fail or experience learning problems in their early school years. In an effort to solve the problem, the Glenwood, Minnesota, school district has developed an identification/intervention program entitled "The Prevention of Early Reading Casualties" (PERC) to prevent academic failure in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavioral Objectives, Diagnostic Teaching, Learning Activities
Clay, Marie M. – 1985
Intended for teachers and administrators, this book examines systematic observation of reading behaviors and reading recovery procedures to help children with reading problems. Part one deals with systematic observation, beginning with a discussion of the reading process and reading programs. Following that, it describes the use of the diagnostic…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Identification, Independent Reading, Individualized Reading
Cebulash, Mel – 1970
The junior-high or high-school student who reads below the fourth-grade level was cited as a national problem. Those students must be identified by reading specialists and English teachers, and programs must be prepared to correct these reading disabilities through motivation and skill building. Because of this need, the author described the…
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Experimental Programs, Material Development, Multimedia Instruction
Yukis, Joseph F. – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
This newsletter describes the Reading Recovery program, developed in New Zealand to help low-achieving first-grade students "recover" 90 percent of average first-grade reading and writing skills after 12 to 18 weeks of intensive instruction. It is currently being implemented by school districts in the United States as well--statewide in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Instruction
Carbo, Marie; And Others – 1986
Designed to assist parents, classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special educators, this book describes effective reading programs that promote reading success and achievement for children at all reading levels. The 10 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) "Preventing Reading Failure and Increasing Reading Achievement through Learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Processes