The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of two different teaching methodologies on the sight vocabulary and reading comprehension of first grade children. The subjects in the experimental group learned sight vocabulary through the use o . . .

The purpose of this project was to locate as much available information pertaining directly to the reading laboratory in journals, magazines, microfilm, and books as possible. The research was then utilized to establish a reading laboratory within eac . . .

This descriptive study was centered around t-unit analysis of the oral language of 18 first-grade children and representative samples of written language from selected state adopted reading textbooks. The syntactic patterns studied were the structural . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine whether selected supplementary reading techniques, the Controlled Reader and Sustained Silent Reading, increased the rate and comprehension of upper grade elementary students. In this 10 week study, a sample . . .

The purpose of this thesis was to research as many available books, journals, and magazines on the individualized reading approach as possible. The findings of my research were then organized in a manner which would hope fully be of most value to teac . . .

The demand for more individualized instruction has aroused interest in a systems approach to the teaching of reading. The attitudes of teachers about the Ransom Program were assessed with emphasis on what classroom teachers found useful in the systems . . .

The purpose of this paper is (1) to establish the need for measurable performance objectives and a diagnostic evaluative instrument to assess individual needs on completion of the fourth preprimer of the Harper and Row series, (2) to propose measurabl . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a syllabus for teaching reading with the individualized approach. This was accomplished through research, visiting classrooms which used IR, and talking to teachers interested in this approach.The findings we . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a resource guide to aid kindergarten and primary level teachers in helping their students to learn to read. This project is specifically aimed at helping those teachers in the diagnosis and correction of stud . . .