Reading Center, 1957, photo 2

This image shows an employee helping students with a mechanical reading device known as a controlled reader in the Reading Center at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) on January 25, 1957. The device allowed a metal sheet to be pulled down a page to allow the dyslexic users to focus on lines. Books are shelved on the back wall, and a large insect nest hands off the wall to the left. 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.

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

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

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