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Peer reviewedColey, Joan D. – Reading World, 1983
Describes structured and open-ended evaluation techniques that permit students in a reading center to rate their own reading performance. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Laboratories
White, Sandra – 1976
Alternative methods for facilitating mastery of reading skills must be provided if instruction is to become differentiated and truly individualized. As part of a study to find alternative methods in reading instruction, 45 fourth graders were pretested for mastery of one skill within the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development, and the 44…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories
Utka, Joseph Michael – 1975
The purpose of this study was to examine whether or not a reading laboratory, as defined by Educational Developmental Laboratories (EDL), is an effective means of teaching reading to Title I children, grades two through six, in the two Title I schools of an eastern Massachusetts community. Three hundred subjects participated in the study. There…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Learning Laboratories, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedNoyce, Ruth – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1977
Provided is a list of resources to assist teachers in planning reading programs which will stimulate the elementary level gifted reader to achieve according to his abilities. (SBH)
Descriptors: Creative Reading, Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Gifted
Webster, Lois P.; Huffman, Ruth E. – 1983
Learning centers are student centered. That is, instructional goals are matched to learner needs and desires and student learning is self-paced. Teachers coordinate the learning process while students explore and experiment with learning materials. The learning center has several advantages over the traditional classroom: (1) it is success…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedLeary, James – Catalyst for Change, 1974
Describes a new student-centered, activity-oriented, open classroom approach to reading instruction with individualized instruction and continuous progress in reading skills as its major emphases. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Reading
Ganikos, Mary; And Others – 1980
The individualized developmental reading laboratory program described in this monograph was designed to supplement regular reading instruction in grades four and five. Information is provided on the instructional procedures used in the program, with emphasis on instruction given through teacher comments written in individual students' folders.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedPikulski, John J.; Jones, Margaret B. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Direction Writing, Elementary Education, Expository Writing
Download full textNewport-Mesa Unified School District, Newport Beach, CA. – 1975
Project Catch-Up, an ESEA Title I program, operates in Newport Beach and in Costa Mesa, California. It is said to be designed to provide remedial instruction in reading and arithmetic to underachieving children, kindergarten through sixth grade, in schools serving low socioeconomic level suburban areas. Among its key features are the following:…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Newport Beach, CA.
Project Catch-Up is an ESEA Title I reading and math laboratory project for kindergarten through sixth-grade students, operating in Southern California's Newport-Mesa Unified School District. Its philosophy is that students having difficulty in reading and math can catch up with other students. Teachers take responsibility for the achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Criteria, Demonstration Programs, Educational Philosophy
Petreshene, Susan S. – 1978
Practical, classroom-tested ideas for developing classroom learning centers are presented in this book. The sixteen chapters deal with the following topics: an overview of learning centers and individualization, basic considerations in setting up a learning center, getting started, mechanics of operating learning centers, room arrangement and…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Handwriting
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Arkansas Commission on Microcomputer Instruction. – 1984
This document provides guidelines for the preparation of school district plans for implementation of the microcomputer instructional programs recommended for Arkansas schools. Introductory materials include suggestions for school administration leadership activities in a microcomputer utilization plan, a message to the superintendent, and six…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Education
Chernen, Leslie – 1976
Described is a project conducted to achieve the following three goals: (1) the remediation of reading and arithmetic deficits of preadolescent delinquents; (2) the training of paraprofessional and peer tutors through a system of verbal and written presentation modeling, behavioral rehearsal, and evaluative feedback; and (3) the creation of a…
Descriptors: Achievement, Delinquency, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Rosenblatt, Richard D. – 1979
The effectiveness of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I reading and mathematics laboratories were evaluated to assess the improvement of underachieving elementary school students' academic skills. Laboratory students were selected on the basis of academic (rather than socioeconomic) criteria in grades 2 through 5; the control…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Compensatory Education
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. Dept. of Information Management. – 1994
The Chapter 1 reading, writing, and mathematics instruction programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools were evaluated for the 1993-94 school year. These programs provided supplemental instruction for about 2,968 students in 1993-94 through six components: (1) schoolwide projects; (2) the Reading Recovery Program; (3) the Reading/Writing Lab…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Planning
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