ERIC Number: ED142636
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 16
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Graphics Expression System Reading Center, Evaluation Period 1975-76.
Hopkins, Thomas F.
This paper describes the Graphics Expression System Reading Center Program, which provided students with limited learning motivation and with below norm achievement in reading, as well as those students reading on and above grade level with the opportunity to use the compact recording studio equipment in the production of television shows. The purpose of this program was to improve student motivation and interest, and to provide individualization of diagnostic techniques and learning activities through increased acquisition of, and achievement in, basic skills and reading comprehension. The students worked individually or in small groups under the direct supervision of a teacher. They were involved in a wide variety of activities associated with production of a graphic expression system audiotype, videotape, etc. The instrument used to collect achievement information was teacher-made and criterion-referenced. Findings indicate that there were 68 participating seventh graders, and 29 participating eighth graders. Only 57.3% of the seventh grade students attained a passing score in the criterion-referenced test. The evaluation objective specified that at least 60% attain the passing score. Seventy-two point four percent of the eighth grade students attained a passing score on the teacher-made criterion-referenced test. The criterion that at least 60% should attain the passing score was achieved by this group. The major problem affecting this program's functioning was the unavailability of the specific equipment which formed the essential hardware of the program. (Author/AM)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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