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ERIC Number: EJ067672
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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Does ISCS Improve Reading Skills?
Riley, Sidney L.; Westmeyer, Paul H.
Science Teacher, 39, 9, 27, Dec 72
A study of student reading skills was conducted using two seventh grade classes grouped homogeneously according to ability. The groups were retested one year later. The group using Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) increased reading comprehension by 1.06 points; non-ISCS, .80 point, representing a two-month difference between groups. (DF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Junior High School Students, Reading Skills, Research, Science Education, Secondary School Science
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Identifiers: Intermediate Science Curriculum Study