Over 150 teachers from five western-central states completed questionnaires on their experiences with individualized reading (IR). Most of the respondents were familiar with IR and had used it at least limitedly in their classrooms. They praised IR's advantages as generating greater student interest, allowing for self-paced progress, and…

Developed and coordinated by the Bureau of Reading Education of the New York State Education Department, Project Alert is a statewide inservice program to facilitate instituting or improving the diagnostic-prescriptive approach to reading instruction. As part of this program, a reading resource kit was prepared by the bureau to give structure and…

The guide to Individualized Reading Instructional System (IRIS) provides information helpful in establishing, operating, and maintaining a reading instructional program meeting adult basic education needs. IRIS systematizes the use of commercially published reading instructional materials for self-pacing, individualized, or independent learning.…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there were significant differences in the reading attitude and reading achievement of first grade children in open concept classes which utilized an individualized language experience approach to reading as compared to children who were instructed in basal series in more formal classes. The…

Communication Skills Through Authorship (CSTA) is an initial and early reading program designed to complement any basal reading plan and based on the premise that a child will learn best to read what is important to him personally. Begun in Idaho schools in 1969-70, the program encourages each student to tape record many impressions, stories, or…

This book is a collection of speeches and articles written by the author relating to her teaching experience. Some of the titles and topics include: "Look, Mr. and Mrs. Parent" (1945), which discusses and contrasts the old teacher-dominated school with the new pupil-oriented school; "Structure of Creativity" (1953), a…

The Developmental Reading Program K-6, one phase of the Reading Curriculum, provides teachers and administrators with a comprehensive guide to sound educational practices related to the teaching of reading skills. It is based on classroom experimentation and study of research findings by Cincinnati teachers, principals, and supervisors who have…

The staff of the Reading Project of the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh, having previously experimented with beginning reading programs, adapted commercially available materials for use in an individualized elementary school environment. Their activities culminated in The New Primary Grades Reading System…

Suggests and lists sources of information on reading instruction that discuss the promotion and enrichment of the interactive learning process between children and their environment based on principles underlying the cognitive-field theory of learning. (MKM)

Effects of the introduction of programed readers on teacher behavior and attitudes and on student achievement were considered at the early primary school level. The Webster-McGraw-Hill series of programed readers was included in the curriculum of an experimental group of first through third grade classes while a comparable control group used a…

The intensive reading instructional centers in Hartford, Connecticut, provide reading services to over 500 pupils in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. Reading teams consist of a reading consultant, two master teachers with strong backgrounds in reading, and a part-time clerk-typist. Instruction takes place in eleven-week cycles. Each teacher…

A personalized reading program for children in the elementary grades is described. The program consists of three interrelated parts: self-selection and sharing of books, skill development according to individual needs, and individual teacher-pupil discussion and evaluation conferences. Sustained silent reading, oral reading once a week to the…

Developed and coordinated by the Bureau of Reading Education of the New York State Education Department, Project Alert is a statewide inservice program to facilitate instituting or improving the diagnostic-prescriptive approach to reading instruction. As part of this program, a reading resource kit was prepared by the bureau to give structure and…

Developed and coordinated by the Bureau of Reading Education of the New York State Education Department, Project Alert is a statewide inservice program to facilitate instituting or improving the diagnostic-prescriptive approach to reading instruction. As part of this program, a reading resource kit was prepared by the bureau to give structure and…

This publication contains papers contributed to the fifth Perspectives of Reading conference of the International Reading Association which focused on the teaching of beginning reading. The following approaches are described and evaluated: (1) individualized reading, (2) basal reading, (3) linguistic approach, (4) phonics approach, (5) new…