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Download full textFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1975
This final report of the 1974-75 Florida Right to Read Effort staff development program provides an evaluation by participating administrators, reading contacts, and teachers. The first two sections of this report give background information about the National Right to Read Effort as well as the Florida Right to Read program. The third section…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement
Logan, Juanita – 1976
The Talking Typewriter program has operated in the Cleveland Public Schools as a strategy to improve the reading skills of identified fourth and fifth grade pupils in Title I schools. A responsive environment, augmented with selected materials, special teaching techniques, and the availability of trained staff formed the core of an instructional…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Descriptions
Hymon, Mary Watson – 1970
A college reading program at Grambling College of Louisiana, funded through Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, is reported. The cooperation of library personnel with the program of the college Communicative and Study Skills Center provided students with opportunities to become acquainted with library facilities and to increase their…
Descriptors: Black Literature, College Libraries, College Programs, College Students
Wakulla County Board of Public Instruction, Crawfordville, FL. – 1976
This paper describes an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV program designed to improve the reading achievement levels of kindergarten through second-grade pupils in Wakulla County, Florida. The Multisensory Approach to Reading and Reading Readiness Curriculum (Project MARC) combined structured teaching techniques and materials with…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Low Ability Students, Primary Education
Peer reviewedBeaudoin, Martha R.; And Others – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Describes a literature-based program that illustrates the connection between the world of work and the classroom for high school remedial students. Describes how visits to workplace facilities, collaboration with business partners in and out of the classroom, and the examination of literary characters' occupations improve students' attitudes and…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, High School Students, High Schools, Literature Appreciation
Lewis, Jack L. – 1985
The Growth in Academic Performance Project, the major component of the Cincinnati Public Schools' ECIA (Education Consolidation and Improvement Act) Chapter 1 Program, operated supplementary reading classes in 51 public and 26 nonpublic schools involving 4,891 elementary school students during 1984-85. The four objectives established for that…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Schools, Inservice Teacher Education, Parent Participation
Brittain, Mary M. – 1982
College reading programs have not only increased in number, but their nature and scope have also changed. There has been a change toward programs that are concerned with improvement of reading in the content areas, and, broadly, with the improvement of learning in college. But at the same time, there appears to be a great variety in college…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Change, Educational History, Higher Education
Brittain, Mary M.; Brittain, Clay V. – 1982
Methods of assessing the reading needs of college students can be examined in relation to two broad categories of college reading programs: (1) the self-contained course or sequence of courses in reading and study skills, and (2) courses or programs in which instruction in reading and study skills is interwoven with supplementary instruction in a…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
Pinette, Clayton A., Ed.; Smith, R. Kent, Ed. – Forum for Reading, 1977
This journal is intended for teachers of reading on the two-year college level. Articles included in this issue are: "A Competency Based Approach to College Reading Improvement Programs,""Drumming Up Trade for College Reading Programs,""Instructional Techniques for Developmental Reading,""College Reading W.A.R." (on the image of college reading…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Developmental Reading, Humor, Reading Improvement
PDF pending restorationKatims, Michael; And Others – 1977
This paper reports the interim results of a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Chicago Mastery Learning Reading Program, an application of Bloom's mastery-learning instructional model to the elementary reading curriculum. Two approximately equivalent classrooms were selected from each of 10 inner-city schools with minority pupils who were below…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inner City, Mastery Learning, Minority Group Children
Swenarton, Eva; And Others – 1981
The reading program model developed at Ypsilanti High School (Michigan) is described in this paper and is suggested as a method of solving reading problems encountered by high school students. The first section of the paper contains an overview of the content area reading program, including descriptions of the program's philosophy, components,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Grade 10
Mullen, Jo-Ann – 1981
Intended for instructors and administrators setting up a college reading and study skills program, this paper presents eight issues that should be carefully considered when developing a program structure that will suit the needs and framework of each institution. Discussions, resolutions, and rationale are provided for the following issues: (1)…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Grading
Soll, Lila; McCall, Cecelia – 1981
One of four reports describing the basic skills programs in writing, reading, English as a second language, and mathematics at the City University of New York (CUNY), this volume describes the reading programs--including administrative structure, course structure and content, and faculty--for nine senior colleges and eight community colleges in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Programs, Counseling Services, Higher Education
Christ, Frank L., Ed. – 1968
The report drawn from the first annual conference that was designed to provide professional dialogue for those interested in the improvement of college reading programs, this volume contains seven papers that deal with the following topics: the role of literary criticism and rhetoric in developing new models of reading comprehension, a pilot…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Developmental Reading, Higher Education, Phonics
Portsmouth School Dept., RI. – 1978
The third of eight related documents, this monograph deals with the remedial reading aspects of the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The duties of the reading specialists in the program are described, as is the process by which children are screened and selected for the program. The prescription and remediation…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role, Program Descriptions
