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#3 – Spring 1991

Critical Look at New Reading Program • Effects of Audiotape Self-Monitoring on DI Teacher Presentation Techniques • Effectiveness of Visual Imagery Versus Rule-based Strategies in Teaching Spelling to Learning Disabled Students • Linking Special and General Education Services Through Direct Instruction • Against all Odds – Edison Elementary School • Curriculum Adoption in California – Reading Mastery and Literature-Based Programs • Little Haiti’s New Elementary School – Francoise Dominique Toussant L’Overture • Effective Instruction in Mathematics – The Role of Basal Programs: A Case Study of Fifth Grade fractions • Casual Structures in Science and Their Effects on Recall and Problem Solving

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