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Download full textChilders, Robert D. – 1989
This report evaluates the Writing to Read (WTR) program instituted in 1988 in 13 West Virginia elementary schools as the result of a partnership between the IBM Corporation and the federal Appalachian Regional Commission. The WTR labs, also installed in 42 Kentucky and Virginia schools, use a computer-based instructional system to develop the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Experimental Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1986
During the 1985-1986 school year, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) implemented the Writing to Read program, which is designed to improve the writing, language and vocabulary development, and reading of young children. The Planning, Monitoring, and Implementing (PMI) Evaluation Model for Decision Making was used to evaluate two…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children
Levinson, Judith L.; Lalor, Ida – 1989
A study focused on the effects of the Writing to Read program piloted at kindergarten and first grade levels in Community Consolidated School District 65. The report included measures of students' writing, performance on district-made and standardized reading tests, and a follow-up on second graders. Statistical techniques of group comparison and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedRogier, Lana L.; Owens, James L.; Patty, Del L. – Reading Improvement, 1999
Describes the successes of Writing to Read (WTR) program used with students in kindergarten and grade one as well as with two key subgroups (low-socioeconomic students and males who lag behind in reading and writing). Finds that with this program these subgroups can progress in reading and writing, and fewer students are recommended for remedial…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Learning Strategies
Childers, Robert D. – 1990
During the 1988-89 school year, 55 Writing to Read (WTR) labs were installed in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia elementary schools, as the result of a partnership between the Appalachian Regional Commission and the IBM Corporation. This report evaluates the WTR program implemented in 13 southern West Virginia rural schools with poor,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedCollis, Betty; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1990
Description of the "Writing to Read" (WTR) program highlights an evaluation of the WTR experience with first graders at two British Columbia schools. Treatments for experimental and control groups are described and measures used for the comparisons are explained, including reading readiness, reading achievement, and writing achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
