A Study of the Reading Attainment of Children in Ungraded Classes
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Some of the children who find their way into ungraded schools have been retarded in their school progress because of reading disability. It is known that success in all other school subjects is dependent upon the ability to read for content. For this reason the value of remedial reading instruction can not be over-estimated. This study presents an analysis of the reading attainment of 800 entrants to ungraded classes. The cases were selected to give a random sampling of the children admitted to ungraded classes during one school year. All nationalities were represented, but the majority were Italian. The 450 boys and 350 girls in the study were in the first four grades of school. Their chronological age range was from eight
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دوره 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016