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ERIC Number: EJ643610
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Reading Therapy Project.
McCarty, Roxanne
Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, v18 n2 p51-56 Spr 2002
Examines the results of using the Phono-Graphix reading method, designed for students with reading disabilities, to teach nine prison inmates to read. Reports that inmates' average basic reading skills standard score gains were 17 points (more than one standard deviation) after 33 one-hour sessions, an average gain of 1.9 standard points per session. (Contains 11 references.) (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Correctional Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Illiteracy, Prisoners, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Reading, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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