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Download full textDuckworth, Leonard F. – 1975
The purpose of this practicum was to improve the reading program at a San Antonio elementary school in grades one through three and to provide a model for expansion to grades four and five and to other elementary schools in the area. The Texas Right to Read format was used as a guide to implementing the program. This document introduces the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Models, Practicums, Program Budgeting
McGehee, Carolyn Miller – 1976
In order to facilitate the design of a secondary reading program which would be creative and relevant in its structure and content, this descriptive study randomly sampled students from a population of approximately 600 suburban Illinois high school freshmen. The needs of these students were investigated by means of several perceptual inventories,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Program Descriptions, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Gillespie, Barbara – 1975
The emphases of the reading center proposed in this study are on the assessment of reading strengths, the isolation of reading deficiencies, and--in an instructor-learner environment--diagnosis and the prescription of action which will enable students to master the reading skills necessary for independent reading in their high school careers. This…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Masters Theses, Program Descriptions, Reading Centers
Bales, Jimmy Charles; Smith, Helen Armstrong – 1975
The authors of this thesis identified research on reading programs related to using vocational content for teaching reading to vocational students; developed a design for a vocational-related reading program which included needs assessment, goal and objectives, the vocational related reading program, and a plan for the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Males, Program Content
Patberg, Judythe A. Pearson – 1974
In this paper, the development and the first three months of a reading program in which university students tutor junior high school students with reading skill deficiencies are described. In section 1, an introduction, the literacy problem that exists in the United States and the basic rationale for the tutoring approach as a solution to this…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Junior High School Students, Literacy, Program Descriptions
Schantz, Maria Eileen – 1976
An elaboration upon a previous descriptive survey of college reading improvement programs was provided by this study. New topics of investigation included evaluation procedures, facilities, finances, the relationship of reading education programs to college reading improvement, and program changes during the period from 1965 to 1975.…
Descriptors: College Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, National Surveys
