A descriptive study of the development and evaluation of a program teaching reading through content subjects at Lodi High School

<p>It was the purpose of this study to develop and examine a pilot program relating reading instruction specifically to course content and to collect data for seeking answers to the following questions:</p> <ol> <li>Can the general reading ability of disabled readers who are considered slow learners be significantly improved by a program emphasizing the development of reading skills in relation to content in two required courses in the ninth grade?</li> <li>What areas of general reading ability, if any, can be improved by such a program?</li> <li>Can specific reading skills be improved by such a program?</li> <li>Which students, if any, benefit more from such a program?</li> <li>What modifications in (1) staff utilization, (2) classroom procedures, (3) teaching techniques, and (4) texts and other materials are necessary to develop such a program?</li> </ol>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

1971

Author dc:creator

• Owen, Lois

Contributors dc:contributor

• Heath Lowry

• Reading (Secondary)
• Reading Remedial teaching
• Education

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1757

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2756