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Ziajka, Alan L. – 1978
This paper is intended to serve as a stimulant to further efforts to interrelate Jean Piaget's ideas on cognitive development with the broad perspective on reading developed by Peter Spencer, the founder of the Claremont Reading Conference. The three sections of the paper deal with the following areas: an analysis and comparison of Piaget's and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Psychology, Reading
Pettersson, Rune – 1984
This report summarizes the results of more than 10,000 individual judgments, carried out in five related studies, all concerned with perceived reading efforts of text on visual displays and printouts. Students and personnel in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Stockholm served as study subjects. In experiments in which…
Descriptors: Color, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries
Brooks, Greg – 1982
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century models of first and second language reading are examined and compared. Figures are provided of six models that propose relationships among visual input and processes, auditory input, phonological processes, and comprehension. These models illustrate the processes that may be operating in persons who achieve their…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Comparative Analysis, Literacy, Models
Weaver, Constance – 1984
For many years, methods of teaching reading have been based upon a mechanistic paradigm that something can be understood by reducing it to its most basic parts. This scientific paradigm has led to several misconceptions about reading: (1) that comprehension can be reduced to separately identifiable parts, (2) that meaning is contained within the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Physics
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Yatvin, Joanne – Language Arts, 1982
Discusses the insights into learning to read derived from studying a foreign language later in life. Compares some phenomena of foreign language learning to similar reading phenomena observed in primary grade classrooms. (HTH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Middle Aged Adults
Malicky, Grace – Elements: Translating Theory into Practice, 1980
Illustrates and compares skills and process orientations for reading instruction. Tips for teachers of reading are provided. (RH)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Differences
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Gates, Larry – Reading Improvement, 1980
Affirms that Piaget's theory is superior to behaviorism in fostering learning. (FL)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
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Simpson, Greg B.; Kang, Hyewon – Language and Speech, 2006
In this paper, we argue that a complete understanding of language processing, in this case word-recognition processes, requires consideration both of multiple languages and of developmental processes. To illustrate these goals, we will summarize a 10-year research program exploring word-recognition processes in Korean adults and children. We…
Descriptors: Investigations, Written Language, Word Recognition, Reading Processes
Chew, Charles R. – 1984
Researchers and teachers are beginning to realize that reading and writing are closely linked. Language experience is the key to success in reading and writing. Teachers must enrich students' language experiences by reading to them, talking with them, fostering an environment that recognizes their worth as language users, and modeling expected…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Processing, Language Skills
Young, Beth Rapp – 1996
What is pleasing about hypertext is what has always been pleasing about genre fiction: the creative process of reading. Genre novels are written to a formula--and often called formula fiction. Critics say they are written to make money and to make money only. According to C. S. Lewis, they "rot the mind." If looked at from the standpoint…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Fiction, Higher Education, Hypermedia
Kendall, Janet Ross; And Others – 1984
The reading skill development of anglophone kindergarten children in French immersion programs in Canada is the subject of the two papers included in this document. The first paper describes a study that examined the English reading ability of both kindergarten and first grade children in immersion programs and compared the results with those of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Theories, English
Pahl, Michele M. – 1987
Proceeding from a definition of "story schema" as an idealized internal representation of the parts of a typical story and the relationships among those parts, this paper explores the role of story schemata in reading comprehension. The paper also identifies variables that may affect the way in which schemata function and outlines the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Listening Skills