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An Evaluation of a Summer Remedial Reading Program: A Preliminary Report on the Development of Reading

An Evaluation of a Summer Remedial Reading Program: A Preliminary Report on the Development of... Abstract Teachers selected 96 grade school boys with reading disabilities. Subjects were of normal intelligence but were reading below expectations. Three groups matched for age, grade placement, intelligence, and socioeconomic background were generated. One group received a Title I summer remedial reading program; the second a recreational program; the third served as untreated controls. At the end of the summer program no group demonstrated significant gains in reading proficiency. After a one year period all groups showed significant and predictable reading progress. There were wide variations in intragroup gains. However, the summer reading group failed to demonstrate a significant difference in its rate of improvement when compared to similar progress made in the recreational and control groups. Further investigations of reading programs using appropriate control groups are emphasized. References 1. Rabinovitch RD: Reading problems in children: Definitions and classifications , in Dyslexia . St. Louis, CV Mosby Co, 1968, pp 1-10. 2. Critchley M: Developmental dyslexia . Pediat Clin N Amer 15:669-676, 1968. 3. Report of the Secretary's (HEW) National Advisory Committee on Dyslexia and Related Reading Disorders; Reading Disorders in the United States . Washington, DC, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1969. 4. California Test of Mental Maturity: Form S . Monterey, Calif, California Test Bureau, Division of McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1963. 5. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test: Form B . Minneapolis, American Guidance Services Inc, 1959. 6. Iowa Tests of Basic Skills . Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1955. 7. Title I, Basic Skills Summer School for Educationally Qualified Students Grant No. 419-1 . St. Louis, Pattonville Public School District, 1968. 8. Winer BJ: Statistical Principle in Experimental Design . New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1962. 9. Silberberg NE, Silberberg MC: Myths in remedial education . J Learn Disabil 2:34-42, 1969. 10. Silberberg NE, Silberberg MC: The bookless curriculum: An educational alternative . J Learn Disabil 2:302-307, 1969.Crossref 11. Strang R: Diagnostic Teaching of Reading . St. Louis, McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1964. 12. Thompson LJ. Reading Disability: Development Dyslexia . Springfield, Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1966. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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Abstract Teachers selected 96 grade school boys with reading disabilities. Subjects were of normal intelligence but were reading below expectations. Three groups matched for age, grade placement, intelligence, and socioeconomic background were generated. One group received a Title I summer remedial reading program; the second a recreational program; the third served as untreated controls. At the end of the summer program no group demonstrated significant gains in reading proficiency. After a one year period all groups showed significant and predictable reading progress. There were wide variations in intragroup gains. However, the summer reading group failed to demonstrate a significant difference in its rate of improvement when compared to similar progress made in the recreational and control groups. Further investigations of reading programs using appropriate control groups are emphasized. References 1. Rabinovitch RD: Reading problems in children: Definitions and classifications , in Dyslexia . St. Louis, CV Mosby Co, 1968, pp 1-10. 2. Critchley M: Developmental dyslexia . Pediat Clin N Amer 15:669-676, 1968. 3. Report of the Secretary's (HEW) National Advisory Committee on Dyslexia and Related Reading Disorders; Reading Disorders in the United States . Washington, DC, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1969. 4. California Test of Mental Maturity: Form S . Monterey, Calif, California Test Bureau, Division of McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1963. 5. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test: Form B . Minneapolis, American Guidance Services Inc, 1959. 6. Iowa Tests of Basic Skills . Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1955. 7. Title I, Basic Skills Summer School for Educationally Qualified Students Grant No. 419-1 . St. Louis, Pattonville Public School District, 1968. 8. Winer BJ: Statistical Principle in Experimental Design . New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1962. 9. Silberberg NE, Silberberg MC: Myths in remedial education . J Learn Disabil 2:34-42, 1969. 10. Silberberg NE, Silberberg MC: The bookless curriculum: An educational alternative . J Learn Disabil 2:302-307, 1969.Crossref 11. Strang R: Diagnostic Teaching of Reading . St. Louis, McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1964. 12. Thompson LJ. Reading Disability: Development Dyslexia . Springfield, Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1966.

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American Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association

Published: Dec 1, 1971

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