Clinical studies in reading

During the last two years a clinical study has been made of the reading habits of fifty-four children in the Peabody Demonstration School who possess more or less serious deficiencies in reading. These children were first discovered by their teachers, who noted that they were poor in reading. They were then sent to the reading clinic. A careful study of the child's personal history with respect to both his home and school life was made. He was given an individual intelligence test and a battery of reading tests. These were followed by an informal test on easy reading material. After about a week's study and observation, a formal diagnosis of his reading habits was made. Remedial instruction was then undertaken with a view of correcting existing deficiencies. Each child was placed for twenty minutes each day under the charge of a graduate student who had been instructed in methods of remedial instruction. The children were taught for twelve weeks with a view of correcting their deficiencies. Each case became a problem for the graduate student, who was expected to keep a log of every day's work and to measure the progress of his subject at the end of the period. In every case in which remedial instruction has been undertaken some improvement has been made, and in most cases the improvement has been highly satisfactory. A number of cases have made more than a year's progress in twelve weeks, and in a few instances as much as two and one-half to three years of progress has been made

Linguistics · Mathematics education · Medical education · Reading (process · Remedial education · Test (biology · Medicine · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development