Reading Center, 1957, photo 3

This image shows two boys reading books in a device known as a controlled reader, aided by Uberto Price, director of Reading Services, in the Reading Center at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). The device allowed a metal sheet to be pulled down a page to allow the dyslexic users to focus on lines. A third boy sits in a chair reading against the wall. Books line the back wall on bookshelves, with two posters on recreation preferences and a graph on the opposite wall. The Reading Center provided diagnostic and remedial services for Appalachian students and the region in general. It also served as a laboratory for students in the teacher preparation program.

Faculty

Education

Literacy

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 4, Reading Center January 25, 1957, C14.1.4.4.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1957-01-25

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Photographs

English

Image

1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Reading Center

Price, Uberto, 1918-2002

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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