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Harris, Albert J.; Morrison, Coleman – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Lamb, Pose – 1971
The purpose of the study reported here was to investigate the effectiveness of the language experience approach to beginning reading instruction when used with pupils described as culturally deprived. Ten teachers of first grade classes in inner-city schools in Indianapolis volunteered to participate. Five teachers agreed to continue using a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Fryburg, Estelle L. – 1972
One hundred native-born, disadvantaged black children were the subject of this study which proposed the following hypotheses: (1) Subjects proficient in spoken language ability would achieve greater gains in reading ability than those deficient in spoken language ability; however, the former group would vary negligibly among sub-groups in reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research, Language Ability
Whipple, Gertrude – 1968
The following five characteristics of successful reading projects for the disadvantaged are discussed as a basis for appraising ESEA/Title I programs: (1) a child need-centered emphasis, (2) provision for teacher education, (3) use of multidisciplinary and paraprofessional personnel, (4) parent involvement, and (5) evaluation procedures. Current…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged Youth, Folk Culture
Berg, Paul C.; George, John E. – 1968
The following five characteristics of successful reading projects for the disadvantaged are discussed as a basis for appraising ESEA/Title I programs: (1) a child need-centered emphasis, (2) provision for teacher education, (3) use of multidisciplinary and paraprofessional personnel, (4) parent involvement, and (5) evaluation procedures. Current…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged Youth, Folk Culture
Heffernan-Cabrera, Patricia – 1970
This document is a prospectus for a pilot project being developed by Teacher Corps Rural-Migrant, University of Southern California, in cooperation with the Cutler-Orosi Unified School District in Tulare County, California. The project aims to "utilize visual literacy to teach English as a second language and to develop other communication…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation, English (Second Language)
Stauffer, Russell G., Ed. – 1967
Twenty-seven summaries of first-grade reading studies sponsored by the United States Office of Education are included. The studies, done in the 1964-65 school year, were made in different localities, and each was concerned with a different problem. More than one-half of the directors were full-time college professors; a few were senior authors of…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1