Two experiments were conducted to provide a window on the processes by which the accuracy and rate of reading develop during psycholinguistic treatment for dyslexia. In experiment 1,140 children with dyslexia followed a treatment method that presented them with a learning system that clarifies the basic elements and operations by which one's…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: The last bell rings at 4 o'clock and kids come tumbling out of classrooms, eager to be free for the weekend. As lockers bang shut and chatter fades out the front door, one teacher sighs, "Thank God it's Thursday." Thursday? For the 250 students and 16 teachers in this southwestern Oregon…

Explores the aesthetic underpinnings of the "postcards" included in each segment of the "MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour." Discusses the postcards' somewhat limited but effective appeal over their 13-month lifespan and suggests that their very construction is probably indebted to the avant garde genre of film production. (JD)

Reviews the history of the "pilot scheme" for introducing French into the curriculum of British primary schools, highlighting the project's limitations and the negative findings of the National Foundation for Educational Research report, and assesses the prospects for the future of the project. (AM)

The results of an experiment on the usefulness of closed circuit television (CCTV) for 106 partially sighted visitors to a library in Copenhagen, Denmark, is presented. A large percentage of participants who had been unable to read before the experiment found that they could read with CCTV. (Author)

Discusses how the interviewee first became interested in the application of sociocultural theory to second language acquisition, and what he sees as the appeal of such theory to studies of second language discourse. Discusses current research efforts regarding second language acquisition and describes an experimental language learning classroom.…

The center, a once abandoned elementary school building in Leadville, Colorado, combines year-round preschool, day care, and before- and afterschool programs for 550 children aged 2.5 to 13. The center also helps the local high school's parenting/child development class and offers onsite family counseling by county social workers. (MLH)

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as an area of clinical and educational practice involves a myriad of decisions related to the symbols, devices, and strategies from which each client must choose. These decision-making points can be productively informed through evidence from comparative intervention studies. The purpose of this…

This article discusses the use of propensity scoring in experimental program evaluations to estimate impacts for subgroups defined by program features and participants' program experiences. The authors discuss estimation issues and provide specification tests. They also discuss the use of an overlooked data collection design--obtaining predictions…

This article argues that the failure of meaningful educational reform in Germany is largely a result of the weak performance of educational administrators, which is in turn a result of the absence of formal training for educational administrators. The author first reviews the present state of teacher education in Germany and notes that in 1977…

Describes a 1981-82 pilot project in the use of computers in grades one through eight by six schools in two suburban Washington, DC, school districts. Despite "the many obstacles and barriers to computer literacy," three of the six schools made "amazing progress." (JBM)

Traces the development of Telidon, a videotex communications system, highlighting Telidon trials and citing library applications and projects being developed by various Canadian libraries. Four references are cited and additional readings are provided. (EJS)

Describes the two-way Highly Interactive Optical Visual Information System (Hi-OVIS), involving the transmission and reception of educational, advertising, and public service programing, which has been in experimental use in Japan since 1978. Utilizing fiber optics, the system equips each house with a keyboard, television, television camera, and…

The New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program, which operates in 52 school districts, is designed to reduce potential educational deficits of economically disadvantaged children. This article reports on the program's effects on cognitive functioning of children in their kindergarten years and discusses implications for educational…

Critiques research findings on the effectiveness of the Early Intervention Project (EIP) for children with autism. The review finds sufficient threats to the experimental validity of the EIP to prevent unqualified endorsement of it as a validated treatment for children with autism. The review found in particular there were threats to external…