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ERIC Number: EJ349304
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Two Effective Approaches for Helping Poor Readers.
Burdett, Linda
British Journal of Special Education, v13 n4 p151-54 Dec 1986
Paired reading (with a helper) and an individualized approach employing a "pause, prompt, and praise" strategy were found equally effective in a comparison study involving 48 elementary students in Hong Kong with reading problems. Both forms of treatment produced greater gains than normal classroom instruction received by a control group. (JW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Positive Reinforcement, Prompting, Reading Difficulties, Remedial Programs, Remedial Reading, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hong Kong