GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading laboratories. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The six chapters of the guide deal with (1) the roles and relationships of the reading laboratory teacher, principal, curriculum coordinator, reading clinician, classroom teacher, and pupil; (2) utilization of reading laboratory facilities, including…

The author describes the program at the reading laboratory at Golfview Elementary School, Rocklege, Florida. The lab is for both students and teachers; its program focuses on the prevention and self-remediation of reading problems by building positive attitudes and interests. (Author)

Describes an individualized reading program which uses modular scheduling for more appropriate allocation of time to suit students' needs. (RB)

The reading programs described in this issue of "Kaleidoscope" provide examples of innovations being implemented in Massachusetts schools as part of the state's Right to Read effort. The forty program descriptions fall into three categories: those directly related to the Massachusetts Plan of Action for reading instruction, those…

The Reading Achievement Center, at the Murchison School in the Mexican-American community of East Los Angeles, offers an individualized reading program for grades 3-6; the program was begun in the fall of 1972 and includes inservice teacher training, experimentation with new systems, and a commitment to help children develop a positive…

The thirty papers in this Annual Proceedings of the Western College Reading Association (WCRA) were originally delivered at the Sixth Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Topics covered include self-programed control, increasing study-concentration behavior, individualizing a college reading program, human options for human beings,…

The Reading Center at Lakewood High School has several major components: a developmental reading program, a remedial program, a program of reading for new Americans, and the inservice training of teachers. Each of these components is briefly described. (AA)

Six topics were covered in the 17 papers presented at the Maryland Reading Institute: (1) teacher education, (2) utilization of reading personnel, (3) evaluation and review of curriculum innovations, (4) evaluation of reading resource materials, (5) individualization of instruction, and (6) reading and the social studies. Some of the specific…

For 6 years, three intensive reading instructional teams (IRIT's) provided intensive small-group reading instruction to school children within Hartford's validated target areas. A total of 363 children were assisted by the overall program. The centers also provided facilities for the diagnosis of reading problems, for team teaching, language…

Due in part to the open enrollment policy in junior colleges, there is a great diversity in student reading ability that dictates a need to individualize reading instruction. Individualization, defined as personalized instruction, may be accomplished through helping the student to read course materials, helping him to read special materials, or…

This book discusses volunteer reading programs, which have been and are being established as a result of the high illiteracy level in the United States. These programs tend to fit into three categories: (1) supportive programs which take place within the school or school system, (2) supplemental programs operated essentially from outside the…

Fifty-nine planning and operational grants related to reading were chosen for inclusion in this bibliography from "Pacesetters in Innovation, Fiscal Year 1968" in order to provide a complete listing of reading-related Title III (PACE) projects for 1968. Documents are listed by accession number. Each entry includes citation data, index terms, and a…

In school districts throughout the United States, at-risk students are receiving remedial instruction in learning centers outside the classroom. Because this separation increases the likelihood that students will receive a fragmented education, learning center staff should provide remedial students with "curricular congruence," or content and…

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,…