Reading Rescue: A follow-up on effectiveness of an intervention for struggling readers

The authors examined whether Reading Rescue continues to be an effective literacy intervention and factors that impact its effectiveness. Data were collected on 143 first-grade students, tutored by 104 tutors at 38 schools. There was significant growth on all foundational skills (ps?ps?d?=?1.62 sight words, d?=?1.68 oral reading/comprehension). Student-level factors of Individualized Education Program status, program completion, number of session, and invented spelling; tutor-level factors of sessions delivered and years of experience; school level factors of school size and percentage of language minority students all predicted grade-level passage or word reading (all ps?2007 Ehri, L. C., Dreyer, L. G., Flugman, B., &; Gross, A. (2007). Reading rescue: An effective tutoring intervention model for language-minority students who are struggling readers in first grade. American Educational Research Journal, 44(2), 414–448.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) study. Efforts should focus on ensuring program completion and increasing program exposure in neediest schools.     

The inadequacy of individual educational program (IEP) goals for high school students with word-level reading difficulties

This investigation analyzed goals from the Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) of 54 high school students with diagnosed reading disabilities in basic skills (decoding and/or word identification). Results showed that for 73% of the students, the IEPs written when they were in high school failed to specify any objectives regarding their acute difficulties with basic skills. IEPs from earlier points in the students’ educations were also reviewed, as available. For 23 of the students, IEPs were present in the students’ files for three time points: elementary school (ES), middle school (MS), and high school (HS). Another 20 students from the sample of 54 had IEPs available for two time points (HS and either MS or ES). Comparisons with the IEPs from younger years showed a pattern of decline from ES to MS to HS in the percentage of IEPs that commented on or set goals pertaining to weaknesses in decoding. These findings suggest that basic skills deficits that persist into the upper grade levels are not being sufficiently targeted for remediation, and help explain why older students frequently fail to resolve their reading problems.     

网络环境下图书馆读者服务工作探略

21世纪现代信息技术的迅猛发展，计算机网络技术已普及到各行各业。作为人类知识文化传播的重要中介的图书馆正面临着新时代的挑战。在网络环境下，图书馆的读者服务工作的必要性则很值得我们重新探讨。     

网络环境下高校图书馆读者服务创新浅析

论述了网络环境下高校图书馆读者服务工作的特点及存在的问题，提出高校图书馆必须实现创新思维，开辟新的途径，最大限度满足读者需求。     

关于地方高校图书馆读者流失问题的思考

导致地方高校图书馆读者流失的主要原因在其自身的馆藏陈旧、服务滞后、环境欠佳。内强素质,外塑形象,已成为地方高校图书馆扩大影响、科学发展、和谐发展、守住读者的当务之急。     

高校图书馆读者满意度提升的对策

高校图书馆读者产生埋怨心态主要因素包括:图书馆管理人员服务态度不行,管理服务质量不高,日常管理不到位,馆方与读者权益问题出现纷争。应采取如下对策:改善馆员服务态度,提升馆员业务水平;增加经费投入,对图书馆软硬件改造提质;广开与读者联系渠道,加强读者与图书馆沟通。     

加强馆藏建设 提高服务水平——浙江工商职业技术学院读者问卷调查结果分析

读者问卷调查是图书馆与读者沟通的重要手段。通过问卷调查,从读者利用图书馆的基本情况,对图书馆环境及各项服务的评价,利用文献资源状况以及影响利用图书馆资源和服务的主要原因等几方面进行分析,并提出相应的改进建议,希望有助于提高高职图书馆的服务品质。     

"重点读者"模式:服务职能转变的一种新尝试

图书馆采取保证重点、兼顾一般、区别服务的政策,做好重点读者服务工作,是一个行之有效的方法。从确定读者的主体地位着手,变单向的被动服务为双向交流的主动参与服务,是服务职能转变的一种新尝试。     

高校图书馆的图书污损现象及对策

分析了当前高校图书馆书刊污损的类型和原因,并提出了解决污损图书现象的措施和对策.     

信息时代译者的读者立场

在信息时代,翻译更应强调译者的“读者立场”。特别是在最能反应时代脉搏跳动的网络、多媒体、新闻报刊及广告等文体的翻译中,译者要站在读者的立场上,调整翻译策略,实现翻译目的。