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Grad Students Make Great Tutors
Newman, Harold – Instructor, 1970
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Directed Reading Activity, Graduate Students, Individual Instruction
The Distar Reading Program.
Bruner, Elaine C. – 1968
A reading program developed to teach the minimum set of skills which enable children to recognize words as rapidly as possible through direct instruction in left-to-right orientation, blending, rhyming, and sounds is described. The materials for the program consist of teacher presentation notebooks used by the teachers in working with small groups…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Disadvantaged Youth, Reading Programs
Reality Therapy in Reading: It's What's in People that Counts
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Santora, Ronald; Jensen, Louise – English Journal, 1974
A reading program will succeed if it is based on the following positive aspects: children's oral language competence, understanding of the reading process, a lot of time spent in reading, and positive teacher attitudes. (JH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classroom Environment, Directed Reading Activity, Language Ability
Reading Improvement For College Students.
Stewart, Elneita Wallace – 1969
The reading improvement program at Texas Southern University employed newspapers, magazines, books, seminars, exhibits, plays, and interdisciplinary reading material to service freshman students and upperclassmen with reading deficiencies. Newspapers were used to inform, to appeal to immediate interests, to develop skimming ability, to increase…
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, College Programs, Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading
The College Reading Lab: An Old Story with a New Twist.
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Nist, Sherrie L.; Hynd, Cynthia R. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Describes the developmental college reading lab at the University of Georgia that is holistic and content-based, emphasizing individualized. direct instruction by qualified staff. (HOD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Higher Education
Reading/Language Arts.
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1978
These seven projects comprise the reading and language arts section of a report on Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV programs for the state of Illinois. Complete descriptions are furnished for the following: a multi-text, individualized reading skills program for grades four through eight; a reading program which stresses phonetic and…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Reading
Read On: Basic Reading for Adults & Teens, Book 1; Workbook 1; and Teacher's Guide. Introductory Packet.
Root, Jane H.; Schall, JoAnn – 1976
The sequential program in the "Read On" series uses a diagnostic/prescriptive approach to teaching adults and teenagers who have little or no competence in basic reading skills. This introductory packet consists of a text and workbook that deal with adult themes ranging from grocery shopping to fishing and motorcycling and a teacher's guide…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
Beyond the Literal Level.
Otey, Jerry A. – 1991
Drawing on methods currently employed at St. Philip's College (San Antonio, Texas), this paper describes six strategies for teaching critical reading skills to developmental students. For each of the methods presented, relevant resources are cited, a step-by-step instructional approach is provided, and the purpose and goals of the specific…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Critical Reading