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Fair, Janet Anne Denton – 1972
Two approaches for increasing the ability of 201 fourth graders to determine the main idea and to draw inferences in reading were compared. Three basal programs were used for all instruction with the control group and for all instruction except that for determining main idea and drawing inferences for the experimental group. Inservice programs…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Critical Reading, Developmental Reading
Cooke, Dean Albutt – 1970
Reading comprehension questions selected from readers, teacher manuals, and workbooks of three current, widely used and representative basal reading series were analyzed according to the Barrett Taxonomy to determine cognitive objectives. The taxonomy has five major divisions and thirty-three levels within, claimed to be cumulative and sequenced…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Classification, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedHenderson, Linda C.; Shanker, James L. – Reading World, 1978
Discusses a study that compared the use of interpretive dramatics activities to basal reader workbooks for developing the comprehension skills of recognition and recall of details, sequencing of events, and generalizing the main idea. (JM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Creative Dramatics, Grade 2
Hatcher, Thomas Clark – 1971
The purpose of this study was to enumerate, categorize, and compare the types of reading comprehension questions and activities included in the manuals of selected basal reading series. The Barrett Taxonomy--Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Reading Comprehension was selected as the categorization taxonomy. Basal series were classified as…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Cognitive Processes
Download full textYoutz, Adella C.; Putnam, Lillian R. – 1968
This exploratory multivariable comparison of an augmented structural (Stern and Gould) and an enriched basal (Winston) program was conducted with two matched classes of low to average ability disadvantaged children in grades 1 and 2. At the end of grade 1 the basal class rated significantly superior on the Gates-MacGinitie Comprehension Test and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Disadvantaged, Grade 1
Peer reviewedMoyer, Sandra B. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The readability levels of ten basal readers commonly used to develop word recognition and comprehension skills in learning disabled children from grades 3 through 6 were compared with the readability levels of their accompanying workbooks. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Learning Disabilities, Readability
MOQUIN, L. DORIS; SPENCER, DORIS U. – 1965
THIS STUDY COMPARED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A STANDARD BASAL READING PROGRAM WITH AN INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAM WHICH INCORPORATED (1) A PROGRAM OF PHONETIC SKILLS, (2) WORD RECOGNITION, (3) COMPREHENSION SKILLS, AND (4) A PROGRAM OF STORY READING. TWELVE COMBINATION FIRST- AND SECOND-GRADE INDIVIDUALIZED READING CLASSES WERE PAIRED WITH 12 BASAL…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Comprehension
Portland Public Schools, OR. Area III Office. – 1975
The teaching guide was prepared by the Portland Public Schools, Area 3, in an exemplary project to create an awareness of career and consumer education concepts in the primary grades by using the content of basic readers that would ordinarily be used exclusively for the teaching of reading skills. The guide follows closely the story lines in the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Career Awareness, Career Education
Portland Public Schools, OR. Area III Office. – 1975
The teaching guide was prepared by the Portland Public Schools, Area III, in an exemplary project to create an awareness of career and consumer education concepts in the primary grades by using the content of basic readers that would ordinarily be used exclusively for the teaching of reading skills. The guide closely follows the story lines in the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Career Awareness, Career Education
Portland Public Schools, OR. Area III Office. – 1975
The teaching guide was prepared by the Portland Public Schools, Area 3, in an exemplary project to create an awareness of career and consumer education concepts in the primary grades by using the content of basic readers that would ordinarily be used exclusively for the teaching of reading skills. The guide closely follows the story lines in the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Career Awareness, Career Education
