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Robinson, Richard D. – Reading Psychology, 2009
Can you teach another person to read? For readers, this may seem a redundant and unnecessary question. However, it is a perfectly logical query and one that is much more profound than one might imagine. Most reading teachers have had the experience of nurturing and guiding a young person from infancy as a reader through maturity with the printed…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Teachers, Reading Programs, Reading Materials
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Gentile, Lance M.; McMillan, Merna – Reading Psychology, 1979
In this interview, a tutor in a correctional reading program, himself a former drug addict and jail prisoner, describes his childhood failures in reading, the public shool's failure to help him and other Spanish-speaking students, his eventual reading success in the jail reading program, and factors that account for the program's success. (GT)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
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Olson, Mary W.; Miller, Samuel – Reading Psychology, 1991
Describes a framework, or process, for determining the value of a reading/language arts program--a model for program evaluation. (MG)
Descriptors: Language Arts, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Reading Programs
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Dooley, Cindy – Reading Psychology, 1996
Discusses individualized reading instruction in the United States in its historical context. States that effective, child-centered, individualized reading programs are guided by three principles: the desires, needs, and motives of each child; individual abilities, interests, and instructional needs; and opportunities for social interaction. Points…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational History, Elementary Education, Individual Development