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An Essay on Elocution. By Samuel Kirkham. New York 1833. Elements of Beading and Oratory. By Henry Mandeville, D. D. New York 1849.     

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ABSTRACT

To address students’ poor literacy outcomes, an intervention using a computer-based literacy tool, ABRACADABRA, was implemented in 6 Northern Australia primary schools. A pretest, posttest parallel group, single blind multisite randomized controlled trial was conducted with 308 students between the ages of 4 and 8 years old (M age = 5.8 years, SD = 0.8 years). Findings suggested that computer-based instruction under controlled conditions can improve student literacy, especially for Indigenous students at risk of reading difficulties. The authors examine the fidelity with which the computer-based literacy tool was implemented and the impact of implementation fidelity measures on student outcomes. Student exposure to and use of the literacy tool, and quality of instruction and lesson delivery, were analyzed for their influence on students’ literacy outcomes. Implementation fidelity measures accounted for between 1.8% and 15% of the variance of intervention students’ scores.     

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The Principles of Agronomy. By Franklin S. Harris and George Stewart. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930.

The Social Studies Laboratory. By J. W. Baldwin. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1929. Pp. vi + 98.

Motor Achievements of Children of Five, Six and Seven Years of Age. By Lulu Marie Jenkins. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. xi + 54.

The Christian, Teacher. By Sister Mary Esther, O. S. F. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1928. Pp. 113.

Educational Dramatics. By Donald MacLean Tower. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson and Company, 1930. Pp. xxvii + 240.

Types of World Literature. Edited by Percy Hazen Houston and Robert Metcalp Smith. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. Pp. xviii + 1200.

A Magic World. By Margery Gordon and Marie B. King. New York: D. Apple‐ton and Company, 1930. Pp. xix + 390.

Creative Drama in the Lower School. By Corinne Brown. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1929. Pp. xiv + 226.

The Junior High School. Edited by William Martin Proctor and Nicholas Ricciardi. Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press, 1930. Pp. x + 324.

A Point Scale of Performance Tests. Volume I. By Grace Arthur. New York: The Commonwealth Fund, Division of Publications, 1930. Pp. ix + 82.

A Second‐Year Latin Reader. By Fredereck Warren Sanford and Harry Fletcher Scott. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1929. Pp. 548 + 123.

Political Science and Government. By James W. Gardner. Cincinnati: American Book Company, 1928. Pp. x + 821.

The Community Room in the Platoon School. By Elizabeth M. Huff. Boston: Richard G. Badger, Publisher, 1930. Pp. xi + 223.

Your Language. By E. C. ClinE. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. Pp. xiv + 256.

A Technique for Developing Content for a Professional Course in Science for Teachers in Elementary Schools. By Florence Grace Billig. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. ix + 101.

Some Effects Produced in an Individual by Knowledge of His Own Intellectual Level. By Clinton M. Allen. New York: Bureau of Publications. Teachers College, 1930. Pp. 98.

Which Colleger Revised Edition. By Rita S. Hale. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xxii + 305.

Thoughts in English Prose. By J. C. Dent. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. Pp. x + 149.

Character Education by State and Church. By Howard S. Tuttle. New York: The Abingdon Press, 1930. Pp. 164.

The University Work of the United Lutheran Church in America. By Howard Marion LeSourd. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1929. Pp. viii + 136.

Enriched Teaching of Latin in the High School. By Maxie N. Woodring and Frances E. Sabin. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. viii + 144.

Plane and Solid Geometry. By Gordon R. Mirick, Marquis J. Newell and George A. Harper. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson and Company, 1929. Pp. xv + 462.

The Idea of God in Protestant Religious Education. By Angus Hector McLean. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. vi + 150.

Master Vergil, compiled and edited by Elizabeth Nitchie. Boston and New York: D. C. Heath and Company, 1930.

Homeric Greece. By Marjorie and H. H. B. Quennell. New York: Putnam's Sons, 1930.

Living Latin. Book Two. By Claire C. Thursby and Gretchen D. Kyne. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Pp. xxi + 623.

New Elementary Latin. By B. L. Ullman and Norman E. Henry. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Pp. xxvi + 448 + 42.

Latin—Second Year. By Lillian G. Berry and Josephine L. Lee. New York: Silver, Burdette and Company, 1929. Pp. xviii + 434 + 83.

Second Latin Book, Revised Edition. By B. L. Ullman and Norman E. Henry, New York: Macmillan Company, 1929.

Second Year Latin. By Fred S. Dunham. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1929.

Astronomy: An Introduction. By Robert H. Baker. New York: D. Van Nostrand &; Company, 1930. Pp. xx 521.

A Child's Garden of Religious Stories. By P. Henry Matimore. New York: Macmillan Company, 1929. Pp. x + 280.

Knights Old and New. By Alice M. Hoben. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1929. Pp. vii + 197.

State Banks and the Federal Reserve System. By Charles S. TippettS. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1929. Pp. viii + 393.

School Provisions for Individual Differences. By Knute O. Broady. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. 101.

New Narratives, Edited by Blanche C. Williams. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. Pp. xii + 366.

How to Write a Thesis. By Ward V. Reeder. Bloomington, Illinois: Public School Publishing Company, 1930.

Child Care and Training. By Marion L. Fazre and John Anderson. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1929, Pp. vi + 274.

The Oregon Trail. By Francis Parkman. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xyi + 370.

Marwood Readers. By Sister Mary Estelle. New York: Macmillan Company, 1930.

The Kelpies Run Away. By Etta Austin Blaisdell. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1930. Pp. 156.

The Wonder Road, Fairy Tales selected by Edwin Diller Starbuck and Frank K. Shuttleworth. New York: Macmillan Company, 1930.

Africa From Port to Port. By May Mott‐Smith. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1930. Pp. xiv + 424.

Children at the Crossroads. By Agnes E. Benedict. New York: The Commonwealth Fund, Division of Publications, 1930. Pp. 238.

The Bright Pupil. By Fay Adams and Walker Brown. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. Pp. xiv + 249.

We Three, A Primer. By Alberta Walker and Ethel Summy. New York: Charles Merrill Company, 1929.

Every Day Stories. By Jean Y. Ayer, Franklin T. Baker and Ashley Thorndyke. New York: Macmillan Company, 1929.

The Elementary School Library. By William A. King. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Pp. xiii + 224.

Animal Autobiographies. By Edward H. Williams. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkin Company, 1930. Pp. 124.

The Teaching of Latin by Mason D. Gray. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1929. Pp. xviii + 235.

Society and the Child. By Edward N. Clopper. Boston: Richard G. Badger, Publishers, 1929. Pp. 208.

Spelling for Everyday Use. Book One, 160 pages; Book Two, 216 pages. By J. M. Steadman, Jr., Ph.D., Emory University; K. C. Garrison, Ph.D., North Carolina

State College; Harold H. Bixler, Ph.D., Atlanta Public Schools. Atlanta: Smith, Hammond and Company.

An Accounting of Progress and Attendance of Rural School Children in Delaware. By Herman Cooper. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. ix + 150.

Educational Problems for Psychological Study. By Goodwin Watson and Ralph B. Spence. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xii + 352.

Alternating Currents for Technical Students. By Calvin C. Bishop. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1930. Pp. viii + 317.

A Case Book in Discussion. By Frank C. McKinney and Mary Eula McKinney. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1930. Pp. vii + 267.

The Adolescent. By Sidney I. Schwab and Borden S. VëEdEr. New York: D. Appleton &; Company, 1929. Pp. v + 365.

Commencement. By Gertrude Jones. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1929. Pp. xi + 116.

Enriched Teaching of Commercial Subjects in the High School. By Maxie Nave Woodeing and Gilbert Harold. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. viii + 339.

Modern Plane Geometry. By John C. Stone and Virgil, S. Mallory. New York: Benj. H. Sanborn &; Company, 1929. Pp. xiv + 474.

Prediction of Success in Professional Courses for Teachers. By Laura B. M. Krieger. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. 77.

Second Course in Algebra. By Fred Eugelhardt and Leonard D. Haertter. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1929. Pp. viii + 423.

Ninth‐Year Mathematics rev. ed. By Ernest R. Breslick. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. ix + 319.

Solid Geometry. By William W. Strader and Lawrence D. Rhoads. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1929. Pp. viii + 184.

Modern Algebra. By Raleigh Scharling, John R. Clark and Selma A. Lindell. Yonkers. World Book Company, 1929. Pp. First Course, viii + 391: Second Course, xvi + 464.

The Child's Heredity. By Paul Popenoe. Baltimore: The Williams and Wilkins Company, 1929. Pp. xiii + 316.

The Library in the School. By Lucile F. Fargo. Chicago: American Library Association, 1930. Pp. 453.

The Witness Tree. By Harold Channing Wire. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1930. Pp. xii + 236.

Girls of Long Ago. By Ida Donnally Peters. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1930 Pp. viii + 324.

Planning School Building Programs. By N. L. Engelhardt and Fred Engelhardt, New York: Bureau of Publications, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1930. Pp. xv + 574.

Radio and Electric Power Supply Equipment for Schools. By Edward Charles Bloom. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1930. Pp. vi + 188.

Economy in Public School Fire Insurance. By Harvey A. Smith. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1930. Pp. vi + 111.

Rural Intelligence in relation to Rural Population. By Charles D. Lewis. Nashville: George Peabody College for Teachers Contribution to Education, No. 74.

The Country Teacher at Work. By Frank J. Lowth. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xii + 542.

The Single Salary Schedule. By Lyle L. Morris. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teacher's College, 1930. Pp. 79.

The Fundamentals of Public School Administration. By Ward G. Reeder. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xii + 579.

Public School Plant Program. By Arthur B. Moehlman. Chicago: Rand‐McNally &; Company, 1930. Pp. xv + 405.

Progress Tests in American History. By F. Leslie Clarke. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Pp. 275.

Workbook to Accompany Haynes and Moon's Ancient and Medieval History. By I. O. Foster and Edgar Bruce Wesley. New York: Macmillan, 1930. Pp. 143.

Famous Events in American History. By Inez N. McFee. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1930. Pp. 296.

Foreign Language Equipment of 2,325 Doctors of Philosophy. By George H. Betts and Raymond A. Kent. Bloomington, Illinois: Public School Publishing Co., 1929. Pp. 151.

Jerry and Grandpa. By Hilda M. Wicksteed. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1930, Pp. 145.

Studies in Service and Self‐Control. By Hugh Hartshone and Mark A. May. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Pp. xxiii + 559.

Some Relationships Existing in School Expenditures Among Florida Counties. By Charles A. Smith. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1929. Pp. viii + 54.

The Work‐Play Books. By Arthur I. Gates and Miriam B. Huber. New York: Macmillan Company, 1930.

Music in Junior High Schools. By Beattie, McConathy and Morgan. Newark: Silver, Burdett, and Company.

People and Music. By Thomasing T. McGhee. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Songs of Purpose. By Earhart and Sneath. New York: Macmillan Company.

Hero Stories for Children. By Earl A. Collins and Lyda Hale. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. vii‐264.

The Legal Control of the Administration of Public School Expenditures. By Ralph Yakel. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1929. Pp. vii + 167.

Principles of Guidance. By Arthur J. Jones. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, 1930. Pp. xxiv + 385.

Day Schools vs. Institutions for the Deaf. By C. C. Upshaw. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1929. Pp. 104.

A History of English Literature. By William Allan Neilson and Ashley Horace Thorndyke. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xii + 486.

The Growth of a Nation. By Eugene C. Barker, William E. Dodd, and Walter P. Webb. Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, 1928. Pp. xii + 726.

Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes III and IV. Edited by Allen Johnson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.

Sidelights on American History. Revised Edition. Volumes I and II. By Henry William Elson. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Pp. xii + 313.

The American Colonies, 1492–1750. By Marcus Wilson Jernegan. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1929. Pp. xxxiii + 457. Price $1.60.

Our Financial System. By Albert S. Keister. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xv + 493.

A Study of the Summer High School. By Willis Howard Reals. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1928. Pp. vi + 88.

Problems of the City School Superintendent in the Field of Arithmetic. By Clarence Arthur Rubado. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. 107.

Our Economic Life. By Thomas Nixon Carver and Gladys Marion Adams. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1929. Pp. x + 373.

Finding and Teaching Atypical Children. By Guy L. Hillleboe. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. vi + 177.

Instruction and Instructional Facilities in the Colleges of the United Lutheran Church in America. By Donald Persy Cottrell. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1929. Pp. viii + 138.

Qualities Associated with Leadership in the Extra‐Curricular Activities of the High School. By George C. Bellingrath. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. 57.

Some Factors Influencing Participation in Voluntary School Group Activities. By Wayland J. Hayes. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. vi + 82.

Survey of College Entrance Credits and College Courses in Music. Prepared by the Research Council of the Music Supervisors National Conference. New York: National Bureau for Advancement of Music, 1930. Pp. 209.

Do You Know English Literature? By Blanche Cotton Williams and John Macy. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. Pp. vii + 597.

A Library Primer for High Schools. By Henry Ormal Severance. Columbia, Missouri: Lucas Brothers, 1927. Pp. 89.

Home Rooms. By Evan E. Evans and Malcolm Scott Hallman. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1930. Pp. xi + 154.

The Rise of the Public High School in Connecticut. By Silas Hertzer. Baltimore: Warwick and York, 1930. Pp. xx + 258.

Point Systems and Awards. By Edgar G. Johnston. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1930. Pp. xv + 160.

The Teaching of Modern Foreign Languages in the United States. By Algernon Coleman. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Pp. xx + 299.

Office Practice in Secondary Schools. By William C. Reavis and Robeet C. Woellner. New York: Laidlaw Brothers, 1930. Pp. 240.

Character Education. By Charles E. Germane and Edith Gayton Germane. Newark: Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929. Pp. xviii + 224.

The Development of a State School System: New Hampshire. By Eugene A. Bishop New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1930. Pp. 159.

Agriculture for Rural Teachers. By Thomas Carson McCormick. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Pp. xiv + 388.

Elements of Journalism. By Mary J. J. Wrinn. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1929. Pp. xvii + 300.

The Consistency of Certain Extrovert—Introvert Behavior Patterns of Fifty‐One Problem Boys. By Theodore M. Newcomb. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1929. Pp. 123.     

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A Handbook of Public Speaking (Revised Edition). By John Dolman, Jr. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934; pp. vii, 165; $1.

Legal Reasoning and Briefing. By Jesse Franklin Brumbaugh. Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Co., 1917; pp. xvi, 775; $5.

Legal and Public Speaking. By Jesse Franklin Brumbaugh. Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Co., 1932; pp. xiii, 1049; $5.

Winning Orations of the Interstate Oratorical Association, 1933 Edited by I. M. Cochran. New York: Noble &; Noble, 1933; pp. 66; $1.

Modern Short Stories for Oral Interpretation. Edited by M. Pearl Lloyd and John Tryon Marshman. Boston: The Expression Company, 1933; pp. viii, 306.

Some Exercises in the Sounds of Speech. By C. C. Bell. Cambridge: at The University Press; New York: The Macmillan Company; 1933; pp. viii + 94; $1.25.

The Theatre on the Frontier. By William G. B. Carson. Chicago: the University of Chicago Press, 1932; pp. 361; $5.

The Year Book of College Oratory. Vol. V, 1933. Edited by Evan E. Anderson, New York: Noble &; Noble, 1933; pp. 364; $2.

Poet's Gold. By David Ross. New York: The Macaulay Co., 1933; pp. 288; $2.

Intercollegiate Debates, Vol. XIV, Edited by Egbert Ray Nichols. New York: Noble &; Noble, 1933; pp. 529; $2.

Habits: Their Making and Unmaking. By Knight Dunlap. New York: Liveright, Inc.; 1932; pp. 326.

Psychology Applied. By George W. Crane. Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 1932; pp. 586; $4.     

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This article discusses historical and contemporary influences on changes in special education assessment, with emphasis on three persistent themes: accurate classification, fairness to minority students, and special education outcomes. Dunn's contributions to each of the themes are discussed, along with other influences such as legislation and litigation. Current dynamics leading to significant changes in special education assessment are discussed, particularly in the disability category of specific learning disabilities.