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1971

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A Descriptive Study Of The Development And Evaluation Of A Program Teaching Reading Through Content Subjects At Lodi High School, Lois Owen Jan 1971

A Descriptive Study Of The Development And Evaluation Of A Program Teaching Reading Through Content Subjects At Lodi High School, Lois Owen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

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:

  1. 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?
  2. What areas of general reading ability, if any, can be improved by such a program?
  3. Can specific reading skills be improved by such a program?
  4. Which students, if any, benefit more …