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Gupta, Raj; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1978
Two studies are described in which match-to-sample tasks were presented to a total of 50 children (seven to eight years old), both poor readers and good readers. (Author/BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Language Ability
Allington, Richard L.; And Others – 1975
This study presented 24 third graders drawn from suburban elementary schools with high frequency, low discriminability words in four conditions. Subjects were randomly assigned to the four tasks individually. It was hypothesized that poor and normal readers would differ in their ability to read high frequency, low discriminability words presented…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Reading Difficulty, Reading Processes
Melowsky, Fred; Ray, Joseph B. – 1975
A comparison of test results on the Visual Discrimination Test was made between a group of 22 reading disabled children and 22 children who were reading on or above grade level. Both groups were of average or above-average intelligence and the two groups were matched for age and sex. The mean age was 10 years and 3 months and all the reading…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Perception Tests