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Bowman, Harry L.; And Others – 1985
Noting that the program is primarily a reading and verbal skills program for adult learners, this paper describes the Academic Remedial Training (ART) Program of the U.S. Navy. The first section of the paper discusses the historical background of the program. The second section describes the reading skills component and the verbal skills component…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Cognitive Processes, Language Skills, Postsecondary Education
Rieger, Arlene A. – Elementary English, 1975
Listening lessons, working in pairs, content area reinforcement, and study skills are helpful elements of a successful reading program. (JH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 5, Language Arts, Listening Skills
Download full textKettlewell, Gail B. – 1978
Tidewater Community College has developed a reading program which responds to the various needs and skills of all students at a school with an inclusive admissions policy. The Tidewater model defines six categories of student reading ability: remedial (below tenth grade level), adapted (below tenth who work to capacity but are slow learners),…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Lang, Gladys Cole – 1975
Three reading tests were given as pretests and posttests to 1,752 students in grades one through six in 12 Title I elementary schools. Of these students, 935 were enrolled in a special, individualized reading program utilizing reading centers housed in each school. Self-instructional materials were used as part of a diagnostic-prescriptive…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Program Effectiveness
Dillner, Martha Harriet – 1971
The major purpose of this study was to ascertain the growth in reading skills, self-concepts, attitudes toward school, and social relationships of a selected group of senior high school remedial readers who had served as tutors in reading for junior high school remedial readers. The study lasted almost one school year. The tutors were volunteers…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Programs
Unoh, S. O. – Bulletin of the Association of African Universities, 1976
Reading is discussed as a tool of learning native and second languages, as a valuable subject in the curriculum, and in relationship to remedial education, personality development, and socio-economic development. In Nigeria, there is limited training and research facilities in reading or language arts. (SW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Skills
Rhodes-Kline, Anne K.; Johnson, Karen – 1997
A telephone interview survey was conducted to determine the reasons some Maine schools have chosen not to implement Reading Recovery, despite the program's statewide support and continued financial support toward training costs from the Maine Department of Education. Out of 72 selected schools, 47 participated, for a response rate of 65%. A…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Educational Research, Grade 1, High Risk Students
Lysy, Daria C.; Moore, Paula F.; Bamford, Rosemary A. – 1998
The purpose of this report is to identify the attitudes of parents, administrators, and teachers about the Reading Recovery[R] program in Maine. The report provides samples of comments and quality ratings as assessed by the standard annual survey forms and supplements the full State of Maine Reading Recovery[R] 1997-1998 Report and Evaluation. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Early Intervention, Parent Attitudes, Primary Education
Reading Newsreport, 1972
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eye Movements, Instructional Materials, Music Reading
Bowren, Fay F. – J Reading, 1970
Analyzes a 1969 study of 79 secondary reading programs, listing programs and teacher characteristics and making recommendations for program development, personnel training, and administrative commitment. (RW)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Problems, Educational Needs, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedSanacore, Joseph – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Maintains that one of the most important contributions a principal can make to remedial and at-risk students is to support independent reading. Discusses curricular congruence and the use of sustained silent reading, paired repeated reading, maintenance of reading levels, reading recovery, and paired reading for prevention as well as remediation.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Independent Reading
Direct linkBlachman, Benita A.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; Clonan, Sheila M.; Shaywitz, Bennett A.; Shaywitz, Sally E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
Second- and 3rd-grade children with poor word-level skills were randomly assigned to 8 months of explicit instruction emphasizing the phonologic and orthographic connections in words and text-based reading or to remedial reading programs provided by the schools. At posttest, treatment children showed significantly greater gains than control…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 2, Remedial Reading, Remedial Programs
Gallagher, Michael P. – 1986
The 1984-85 cost-effects study represents the third annual analysis of the components of Cleveland's Affirmative Reading Skills Plan, which offers three instructional strands--developmental (regular reading/language arts), support (additional enrichment, corrective or remedial), and compensatory (instruction for students having reading scores in…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged
Smith, Lawrence L.; Bengston, John – 1978
This report documents the results of a special reading program offered to low income high school students involved in a youth incentive entitlement work/study project in Alachua County, Florida. The first section of the report discusses the need for literacy training through a reading enrichment program for entitlement students and the inadequacy…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, High School Students, Instructional Design, Literacy
Portsmouth School Dept., RI. – 1977
The fifth of eight related documents, this monograph describes in detail the function of the counseling personnel in the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel (RIPPS) program. The duties of the counselor, who is the liaison between the student and the remaining staff members, and the functions of the social worker are outlined. Schematic…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education
