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Peer reviewedRinehart, Steven D. – Reading Psychology, 1999
Suggests that readers' theater activities may help children with reading problems gain oral-reading fluency and confidence. Describes how readers' theater can be successfully integrated into a broader, multifaceted tutorial. Finds positive benefits of readers' theater preparation and practice during a summer reading tutorial. Presents classroom…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Readers Theater
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Direct linkFleming, Martha H. – School Community Journal, 2005
Research shows that after-school programs with structured literacy components can contribute positively to children's success in school, improvement in their reading and also in general social skills, and that successful programs involve partnerships with the community and continually expanding outreach to parents and caregivers. This program…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Caregivers, After School Programs, Enrichment
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1985
The findings of an evaluation of the Chicago Public Schools 1984 Summer Basic Skills Centers program are presented. The program, which relied on the extensive use of youth tutors as well as trained teachers, was designed to extend participants' mastery of skills in the basic curricula of reading and mathematics. Participating students came from…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Limited English Speaking
Hogan, Robert T.; Horsfall, Robert B. – 1970
This study is an evaluation of a summer tutorial program designed to encourage inner city secondary school students to complete high school in a manner such that their chances of entering college would be maximized. The subjects in the tutorial group were forty 16 year-old boys. The control group comprised 28 high school boys closely resembling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, College Admission, Control Groups
Guyer, Barbara P. – 1989
Higher Education for Learning Problems (H.E.L.P.) is a tutorial program for students at Marshall University (West Virginia) who have learning disabilities. Tutoring in coursework is done by graduate assistants under the supervision of the director or assistant director. Remedial instruction in reading, spelling, and written language is provided by…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1982
In 1981-82 there were 58 districts in Kentucky which provided programs and services for 6,364 migratory children. Of that total, currently migratory (interstate) accounted for 13%, currently migratory (intrastate) accounted for 19%, and formerly migratory accounted for 68%. Approximately 81% of the students were in grades pre-kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Annual Reports, Attendance, Communication Skills
