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Improving Instructional Efficiency Through The Implementation Of Computerized Management And Prescriptive Analysis, Thomas V. Pisano
Improving Instructional Efficiency Through The Implementation Of Computerized Management And Prescriptive Analysis, Thomas V. Pisano
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive
The author implemented a computerized management system to improve instructional efficiency within the classroom. A variety of computer application software were used for grading and prescriptive analysis in the fifth grade classroom. The teacher developed a data base of student information, and parental contact was conducted via grade sheet reports and word processed form letters. Keyboard skills were taught to the students during their Computer Science and Language arts lab periods so that word processing skills could be introduced. No textbook was used for language arts instruction. The teacher modeled the writing process on the word processors and the students …
Three Individualized Reading Strategies For Mentally Handicapped Students Through A Modality Strength Approach In A Congregate Living Center, Helen Marie Mathews Phillips
Three Individualized Reading Strategies For Mentally Handicapped Students Through A Modality Strength Approach In A Congregate Living Center, Helen Marie Mathews Phillips
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive
The author used three reading strategies with mentally handicapped readers and nonreaders living together in a center. The aim was to improve reading comprehension through the use of familiar materials to which the students could relate in an independent living environment. The reading materials were presented to each student according to his/her modality strength. Some students were use as reading tutors for the others. The reading materials focused on sequencing and following directions skills. Each student's general comprehension level was raised during the instruction period. The strategies as well as adoption in any beginning reading program. (Appendices include charts of …