This report is related to a study of first grade reading groups and presents highlights of an analysis comparing treatment and control teachers on their use of 22 instructional principles suggested in an instructional model. The principles are presented in categories that relate to getting and maintaining the students' attention, introducing the…

As part of an investigation of effective first grade reading group instruction, teacher interviews were conducted and analyzed to determine differences between control and treatment group teachers, the relation between interview responses and adjusted student achievement, and the relation between teacher self-ratings and observed behaviors. Ten…