This reading program is based on a cognitive learning theory which gives the student the opportunity to build a learning model and continually refine it through practice activities. Each activity in the CD-ROM-based reading program offers a variety of modalities and features individual feedback. Review tests throughout the course help mastery and…

IBM has advertised huge reading gains for Writing to Read, an expensive computer laboratory program aimed at improving the reading and writing performance of kindergarten and first grade students. However, the evaluations done to date simply do not support the program's effectiveness at improving young children's reading achievement. (MLH)