A VARIETY OF ARRANGEMENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND GROUPING POSSIBILITIES WITHIN THE CLASSROOM USING THE INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAM (IRP) ARE PRESENTED. SEVERAL MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAM ARE MENTIONED, ESPECIALLY THE NOTION THAT CLASS SUBGROUPS ARE NOT PERMISSIBLE WITHIN THE IRP STRUCTURE AND THAT THE TEACHER-PUPIL…

If educators are to provide a quality reading program for the gifted, early identification of giftedness and reading ability is of utmost importance. (Author/SBH)

Because of recent educational innovations with regard to learning disabilities, more effective methods are being sought for informing the school staff about new developments. A model is presented for establishing and implementing a staff development program in reading. (JN)

Using word attack reading skills as an example, the article focuses on a process for translating the IEP (individualized education program) into a guide for effective instructional planning with handicapped students. (CL)

The impact of specialized reading instruction or personal interaction upon reading efficiency ratios and self-concept scores was studied. Eighty-five fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade boys of average intelligence who were underachieving readers were placed in one of three different groups--Reading Instruction, Personal Interaction, or Control. The…

Since effective personalization of reading instruction requires considerable knowledge about the function of response variables in learning, and because the value of research summaries lacking substantive supportive data is suspect, the author has provided eight questions for the use of the practitioner as a check list of variables to remove…

Author recommends the diagnostic-prescriptive'' approach to teaching adult reading as well as individualized instructional programs. (GB)

Argues that teachers can make silent readers first if a premium is placed on doing so; fluency in oral reading will then follow naturally." (Author/SW)

Eight approaches to the teaching of elementary reading are described briefly. The Executive Committee of the Department of Elementary-Kindergarten-Nursery Education of the National Education Association selected the approaches to be discussed. They include (1) Language Experience Approach by R. V. Allen, (2) Phonic Approach by Charles E. Wingo,…

Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI), like other reading programs, does work, but only for certain teachers and with certain youngsters. On the positive side, IPI sets up a series of steps that allow the teacher to know where the child is and in what direction he is going. It enables the teacher to know his subject matter well, and enables…

Provided is a list of resources to assist teachers in planning reading programs which will stimulate the elementary level gifted reader to achieve according to his abilities. (SBH)

Discusses a contingency management program in an inner-city elementary school, whose basic core is a structured system of language learning packages providing guidance for the direct teaching of oral language, integrating reading and writing activities, and correlating language learning with other academic instruction. (VJ)

Discusses the changing role and responsibilities of reading teachers and reading specialists in helping to plan and implement the Individualized Education Program (IEP) requirement of Public Law 94-142. (MKM)