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A Comparative Study of Reading Instruction Management for Selected Third-grade Students in an Urban School District (open access)

A Comparative Study of Reading Instruction Management for Selected Third-grade Students in an Urban School District

The specific purposes of the study were (1) to determine the effectiveness of ECRI (Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction), as compared to "traditional" (basal driven) classroom instruction based on a comparative analysis of norm-referenced test data; (2) to determine if there was a significant difference between Blacks, Hispanics and Caucasians on the Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension portions of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills among the third grade ECRI students; and (3) to provide valid information for those charged with the implementation of reading instruction in the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Cohen, Kellie A. (Kellie Ann)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Time on Computer-Assisted Instruction For At-Risk Students (open access)

The Effect of Time on Computer-Assisted Instruction For At-Risk Students

The problem of this study was to determine if the mathematics achievement of at-risk students using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) differed significantly from other groups of students.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Salerno, Christopher A. (Christopher Alfred)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Profile of Texas Public School Board Members and Factors Influencing Them to Run for the Office of School Board Trustee (open access)

A Profile of Texas Public School Board Members and Factors Influencing Them to Run for the Office of School Board Trustee

The purpose of this study was to develop a profile of Texas public school board members and to determine if there were significant differences in the profiles of board members according to sex, race, age, length of residence, length of board membership, type of community and superintendency tenure.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Fisher, Jack S. (Jack Sterling)
System: The UNT Digital Library