Treffer: Granite School District First Grade Reading Study.

A comparative study of first-grade reading instructional methods was undertaken with the support of the Granite School District Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction. This study was conducted in 19 schools of the district and involved approximately 1,295 students. Nine hypotheses concerning the various approaches used in reading instruction were tested. The report of this study is divided into five chapters: (1) Introduction, (2) The Experimental Program, (3) Methods and Procedures, (4) Statistical Results, and (5) Summary and Conclusions. Seven appendices give additional information. (CK)