Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Florida | 1 |
| Texas (Houston) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Education Consolidation… | 4 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Metropolitan Achievement Tests | 4 |
| California Test of Basic… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Nechworth, John; And Others – 1989
This study examined the impact of Chapter 1 Developing Language Arts Competencies through Literature (DLACL) program in Houston, Texas, in the academic achievement of students served during the 1988-89 school year. A total of 8,505 students in grades 1-5 were served by the program. The investigation was designed to provide answers to the following…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Arts, Language Research
Caswell, Ruth M.; Heim, Kathy – 1988
A study examined the effect of using mapping as a mediating strategy to produce written summaries and improve comprehension of poor readers in the fifth grade. Twenty-three students from two Chapter 1 classrooms in northern Illinois, all classified as poor readers, were divided into experimental (13 children) and control (10 children) groups. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Brown, Minnette I. – 1990
This study investigated the effects of story mapping on reading comprehension. Subjects, 20 second-grade students of below-average reading achievement, were presented over a 10-week period with activities in story mapping utilizing a variety of story map frames. The Metropolitan Achievement Test was administered as a pre- and posttest. Results…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 2, Primary Education, Reading Attitudes
Pollock, John S.; And Others – 1990
The 1989-90 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading-Recovery (CLEAR-RR) Program of the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools was implemented to provide early intervention to 514 underachieving first-grade pupils who appeared unlikely to learn to read successfully without intensive instruction. Specially trained teachers provided one-on-one half-hour…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students
