This dissertation explores the instructional decision making of White female community college developmental literacy instructors in order to better understand pedagogical practices that impact educational inequities for Black male students in developmental literacy classes. Historically, the U.S education system has underserved Black male…

Every year, millions of new college students come academically underprepared. They lack the necessary skills to perform at the college level. Postsecondary institutions address this problem with extensive remedial programs (Chen, 2016). One of these remedial programs is reading. In several postsecondary institutions, students are required to pass…

What little research has been done with regard to secondary level remedial reading programs suggests that a whole language approach is beneficial. (DD)

Concludes that any systematic and well-organized approach addressing basic reading skills will provide reading improvement, since both approaches that were examined (DISTAR and the Integrated Skills Method) show the same degree of success. Considers diagnostic instruments not particularly useful in planning remedial instruction, but recommends…

Compared were the visual-emphasis, auditory-phonic, kinesthetic, and Orton-Gillingham methods of remedial reading which were used singly with four groups of third graders (for a total of 136 students). (Author/MC)

Urges mobilizing all school resources for maximum support of the remedial reading program with special emphasis on use of the library. (RB)

In the impress method, the teacher sits behind the student, reads a selection of material, and points to each word as s/he reads it. The student repeats what the teacher says and follows the teacher's finger. The objective is to cover as much material as possible at a normal pace. Comprehension is not required. Research studies are reviewed. (JN)

The central theme of this paper is that developmental reading courses in college settings need to be revised in ways that will not perpetuate cycles of remediation that students have experienced in previous educational settings. Developmental reading courses are filled with students who possess poor concepts about themselves as readers. These…

This paper discusses the need for remedial reading instruction at the secondary level and examines the situation facing the teacher and student. It is argued that the reading teacher working with secondary remedial students must help students acquire the requisite skills for successful learning through reading and meet the personal needs of…

The impress method, an oral reading technique in which the child and the teacher read aloud simultaneously, is a simple and effective method for improving the reading skills of students reading at below-grade levels. (MB)

Suggests that a buddy system of pairing remedial students may introduce positive attitudes toward reading activities. (MD)

Discusses using the dialogue as a major part of a reading program for reluctant readers to enhance the self-concept, motivation, and skill development of students. (JM)

FORTY-FOUR REPRINTS CONCERNING HIGH SCHOOL READING PROGRAMS SELECTED FROM "THE READING TEACHER" AND THE "JOURNAL OF READING" AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION ARE PRESENTED. THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION WERE CONSISTENCY WITH ACCEPTED CURRICULAR AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRINCIPLES, CURRENT APPROPRIATENESS, DUPLICATION, AND…