Two groups of secondary schoolboys of below average academic ability were studied. The control group received traditional English teaching; the experimental group had experience of SRA Reading Laboratory 2a included in their English lessons. After nine weeks, no differences were shown in the reading performance of the two groups. Caution is advocated in the interpretation of this result.
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1Mr. Shiach is now an educational psychologist with Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council.