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Eastern Kentucky Educational Development Corp., Louisa. – 1968
This reading program guide was developed as an inservice ESEA/Title III project in order to improve reading instruction in self-contained classrooms of grades 1 through 7 at the Louisa (Kentucky) Elementary School. Sequences of reading skills were divided into 12 primary and 16 intermediate levels, and students progressed from one level to another…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Lesson Plans
Bedillion, Clare – 1974
This study investigated the hypothesis that an effective program in developmental reading is generally a significant factor in the academic achievement of college students at the University of Akron. The data collected came from various sources, i.e., reports of investigations on the effectiveness of 18 well-established reading and study skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1971
Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois, has set up a reading program which includes a reading clinic, a reading laboratory, and a program of Individually Prescribed Study (IPS). The IPS helps the students to master the reading skills necessary for his course work in content areas. Used in this program are various materials for…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Reading, Program Descriptions
Levey, Sylvia – Reading Newsreport, 1971
Describes various facets of Washington, D. C.'s Coolidge High School's reading program, including the student lounge and the inservice teacher training program. (VJ)
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Individualized Programs, Inservice Education, Reading Centers
AUSTIN, MARY C. – 1968
INFORMATION ABOUT ESEA READING PROJECTS FOR THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WAS OBTAINED BY STRUCTURED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS AND A SUPPLEMENTAL WRITTEN FORM FROM 632 SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FIELD VISITS WERE MADE TO 34 SELECTED SYSTEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROGRAMS WAS REMEDIAL IN NATURE (53.48 PERCENT). COMBINATION PROGRAMS (29.59 PERCENT) USUALLY…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Federal Aid, Financial Support
South Mountain High School, Phoenix, AZ. – 1967
THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES THE SPECIAL OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES OF A COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL, REMEDIAL, CORRECTIVE, AND DEVELOPMENTAL READING PROGRAM IN A PHOENIX, ARIZONA, HIGH SCHOOL WITH A DISADVANTAGED STUDENT POPULATION. THE SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL ARE SEPARATELY DISCUSSED. PART OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN ELECTIVE…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods
Grant, Eugene B. – 1969
The respective roles of remedial, corrective, and developmental reading relative to the high school reading program are delineated. The following reasons for reluctance in introducing secondary reading programs are noted: (1) the shortage of trained people to organize the program, (2) the lack of adequate financing, (3) a limited view of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Inservice Teacher Education
Smith, Carl B., Comp. – 1968
One hundred and fourteen planning and operational grants related to reading which were approved during the fiscal year 1967 are listed. "Pacesetters in Innovation, Fiscal Year 1967" was reviewed, and all reading-related documents were selected for inclusion. The bibliography is a complete listing of all PACE projects related to reading…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Developmental Reading, Educational Innovation
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1971
The Elementary Reading Centers located in 36 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, urban schools provide supplementary remedial reading instruction to pupils with low reading achievement and provide reading resource teachers to assist and train classroom teachers. Reading teachers emphasize comprehension, vocabulary development, word recognition, study skills,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Klauser, Dorothy – 1975
The "9 to 90" Saturday Reading Program sponsored by the Fullerton (California) College Department of Community Services offers individualized reading improvement in hourly sections on Saturday mornings to anyone from ages nine to ninety. Groups of nine to fifteen students meet each hour with teaching teams of three instructors. The groups are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developmental Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Dunkeld, Colin G. – 1973
The second year of the Portland EPDA Reading Program was a modification of an in-service program in the teaching of reading which had been carried out in four Portland elementary schools during the previous year. Four school principals, 38 teachers of grades one through four, 16 teacher-aides, and 22 parent volunteers participated in the program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Torrant, Katherine E. – 1968
Reading innovations incorporated into the Newton, Massachusetts, school system are discussed. The program emphasizes individual differences, the influence of the home environment in developing attitudes towards reading, and the importance of prereading experiences for kindergarten children. The basal reading program, the individualized reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Developmental Reading, Family Environment, Independent Reading
Guttinger, Hellen; And Others – 1972
In this evaluation of the effectiveness of a developmental, individualized reading program in grades six, eight, nine, and eleven, emphasis was placed on diagnostic and prescriptive procedures within a laboratory setting. Interaction between students and teacher-counselors was on a one-to-one basis. The nine-week program included pretesting,…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Grade 11, Grade 6, Grade 8