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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Reading Mastery," one of several curriculum components that constitute the "Direct Instruction" curriculum from SRA/McGraw-Hill, is designed to provide systematic instruction in reading to students in grades K-6. "Reading Mastery," which can be used as an intervention program for struggling readers, as a supplement…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
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Engbert, Ralf; Nuthmann, Antje; Richter, Eike M.; Kliegl, Reinhold – Psychological Review, 2005
Mathematical models have become an important tool for understanding the control of eye movements during reading. Main goals of the development of the SWIFT model (R. Engbert, A. Longtin, & R. Kliegl, 2002) were to investigate the possibility of spatially distributed processing and to implement a general mechanism for all types of eye movements…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Mathematical Models, Human Body, Word Recognition
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Collins, Cathy – Reading Improvement, 1979
Reports an investigation of the effectiveness of "Speedway: The Action Way to Read" in increasing the reading rate and efficiency of adult readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Comprehension
Ratekin, Ned – 1977
The effectiveness of Oralographic reading instruction was investigated with a sample of 89 disabled readers in second to fifth grade from five cities; children in each city were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups. All children in the experimental group received reading instruction using the materials and procedures of the…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Elementary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Turner, W. E.; Bare, Janet – 1972
The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I program described in this paper served 1550 educationally deprived pupils in 82 Kansas elementary and junior high schools during the 1971-1972 academic year. The primary goals of the reading program were to improve and upgrade word recognition and reading skills and to improve pupils' attitudes. The…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Primary Education
Fiedorowicz, C. A. M.; Trites, R. L. – 1987
A study in eastern Ontario, Canada, evaluated a computer program, the Autoskill Component Reading Subskills Program, which was used to improve the reading comprehension of elementary school students identified as reading disabled. Subjects, 91 students from five school districts, were behind at least one grade in reading word recognition skills…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Man Machine Systems
Quilling, Mary R. – 1971
Prepared by the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Growth, the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development (Design) contains several components. The field study evaluation of the Word Attack element in terms of attainment of objectives is reported in this conference paper. All children in grades 1 to 3 of two Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Conference Reports, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) topic report addresses reading interventions for students in grades K-3, including core reading curricula, programs, or products to be used as supplements to other reading instruction, programs that focus on staff development, and literacy software. The WWC review on beginning reading focuses on programs…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Beginning Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement