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BOYLE, RUTH C. – 1959
A READING PROGRAM WAS STUDIED AND TESTED FOR MENTALLY RETARDED ADOLESCENTS WHO READ SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW EXPECTANCY. THIS REPORT REFLECTS AN ORIGINAL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM ONLY FOR THOSE EDUCABLES WHO HAVE NOT LEARNED TO READ. THIS PLAN WAS DISCONTINUED WHEN PRELIMINARY SCREENING REVEALED ONLY A FEW NONREADERS AMONG THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Background, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis
Download full textVirginia Beach City Public Schools, VA. – 1973
The School Board of Virginia Beach has conducted a two-year pilot program focusing on elementary school students who attend school 45 days and break 15 days year round. Four principal questions were proposed and researched by various independent agencies: (1) What effect does the 45-15 cycled-attendance year-round operation have on pupil…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Age, Comparative Analysis
O'Donnell, C. Michael P. – 1968
Seventy-eight kindergarten children were randomly placed in four experimental classrooms. Two of the classes were taught with the basal reader approach to reading readiness, and two were taught with the conceptual-language program approach. An extensive pretest battery was given to these children in October 1967. Instruction in the two approaches…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis
