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Perry, Patricia Bryan – 1975
The purpose of this study was to identify, from the literature, those factors--prescribed to be important in determining readiness to begin a formal reading program--which were perceived to be affected by working with the child in a teaching situation. A questionnaire listing the factors was submitted to the 162 participants who were asked to rank…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Readiness
Ross, Melvie Lynn – 1974
The status of reading readiness practices in kindergarten and first grade was investigated in this study. A questionnaire based on reading readiness research was mailed to kindergarten and first grade teachers in randomly selected school buildings. Frequency of reading readiness practices utilized were tabulated and percentages determined. A…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Von Hilsheimer, Catherine – 1979
The effectiveness of the Three Owls Reading Method was tested, using 53 children from a Head Start program. The Three Owls system combines sight, phonic, and linguistic reading methods with movement and touch modes of instruction. After a pretest for phonic letter recognition, the students were matched and assigned to one of two classes in a…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Preschool Education
Smith, Rodney Pennell, Jr. – 1973
The purposes of this study were to search out, against a framework of discernible periods, representative "Elementary English" articles on reading which typify the trends, controversies, and research efforts of the era, and to assemble commentary about the selected articles into a single volume. Articles which best met a four point criteria were…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational History, Literature Reviews
Download full textWilson, Susan I. – 1976
After a review of the research related to the feasibility of initiating reading instruction before first grade, kindergarten curriculum guides from l3 large cities were studied and analyzed. These analyses indicated a trend toward less postponement of reading instruction, though reading readiness still tended to be defined in terms of oral…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Guides, Early Reading, Kindergarten
Weber, Elaine Marie – 1975
This study examined the effects of two programs which differed in the methods they employed to develop reading readiness. The two methods represented were a language experience approach and a phonics approach. The subjects were children from kindergarten classes in two elementary schools in Flint, Michigan. All subjects were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Language Experience Approach, Phonics
Keys, Delpha Bostock – 1975
A kindergarten pre-reading program was designed based upon Piagetian and Montessorian theory. During the pilot study, pre-reading experiences, materials and games were created to encourage individual diagnosis and specific pre-reading skills assessment. The following year the investigator conducted a descriptive study of the program's…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Inservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten Children
