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The explanatory observational study investigated the relationships among curriculum content, instructional activity, teachers' expectations and reading performance for 52 children in six primary grade classrooms for the learning disabled. The analysis illustrates the utility of structural modeling in clarifying the probable causal relationships among the five variables studied. The model explains over 80% of the variance in end of year reading performance and reveals the ways in which the explanatory variables influence each other. Such models which may explain student achievement are seen as necessary prerequisites to evaluating educational innovations. (Author/CL)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert