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Download full textHARRIS, ALBERT J.; MORRISON, COLEMAN
THIS STUDY IS PART OF THE CRAFT READING PROJECT OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH IS INVESTIGATING THE READING PROGRESS OF DISADVANTAGED URBAN NEGRO CHILDREN. IN THE PRESENT STUDY, CHILDREN IN GRADES ONE, TWO, AND THREE, WITH AND WITHOUT PREVIOUS KINDERGARTEN EXPERIENCE, WERE TAUGHT READING BY TWO BASIC METHODS, EACH DIVIDED INTO TWO…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Weiss, Lucile S. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine if a compensatory reading program based on the language experience approach could raise the reading level of underachieving disadvantaged students in the community junior colleges to a level commensurate with their ability and high enough for subsequent success in college level academic courses.…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations, Language Experience Approach, Reading
HARRIS, ALBERT J.; SERWER, BLANCHE L. – 1966
THE FIRST YEAR OF A 3-YEAR PROJECT ENTITLED "COMPARING READING APPROACHES IN FIRST GRADE TEACHING WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN" (CRAFT) IS REPORTED. CRAFT COMPARES A SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH WITH A LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH TO TEACHING READING. VARIATIONS OF THE SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH ARE THE BASAL READER METHOD AND THE PHONOVISUAL…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Experience Approach
Whipple, Gertrude – 1968
The following five characteristics of successful reading projects for the disadvantaged are discussed as a basis for appraising ESEA/Title I programs: (1) a child need-centered emphasis, (2) provision for teacher education, (3) use of multidisciplinary and paraprofessional personnel, (4) parent involvement, and (5) evaluation procedures. Current…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged Youth, Folk Culture
Berg, Paul C.; George, John E. – 1968
The following five characteristics of successful reading projects for the disadvantaged are discussed as a basis for appraising ESEA/Title I programs: (1) a child need-centered emphasis, (2) provision for teacher education, (3) use of multidisciplinary and paraprofessional personnel, (4) parent involvement, and (5) evaluation procedures. Current…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged Youth, Folk Culture
Morrison, Coleman; Harris, Albert J. – 1968
The reading achievement of children with and without kindergarten experience was investigated as part of the Comparing Reading Approaches in First Grade Teaching (CRAFT) Project in New York City. Children in grades 1 and 2 were taught reading by one of two approaches, skills centered or language experience. Within the former approach, two methods…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Black Students
Way, Flo – 1982
This revised evaluation supplement to the "DOVACK Method for Teaching Reading Project Report" corrects errors in the report's original evaluation supplement with respect to the results of the 72-day and 108-day DOVACK Random Sample Vocabulary Recognition Tests employed to measure the effectiveness of DOVACK as a language experience…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach
Way, Florine L. – 1972
The DOVACK Reading System was field tested on 391 low income, minority, elementary and secondary students over a period of 3 years. The objectives were to test the system for its adaptability to the populations for which it was designed, its effectiveness in meeting goals and objectives, and its economic feasibility on a larger scale. Using five…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Stauffer, Russell G., Ed. – 1967
Twenty-seven summaries of first-grade reading studies sponsored by the United States Office of Education are included. The studies, done in the 1964-65 school year, were made in different localities, and each was concerned with a different problem. More than one-half of the directors were full-time college professors; a few were senior authors of…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1
