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Morgan, Paul L.; Farkas, George; Wu, Qiong – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
We investigated whether being poorly skilled in reading contributes to children's reported feelings of anger, distractibility, anxiety, sadness, loneliness, and social isolation. Data were analyzed from a longitudinal subsample of children (N = 3,308) participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort. Multilevel logistic…
Descriptors: Reading Failure, Reading Difficulties, Psychological Patterns, Attention Control
Empacher, Marjorie, R. P. – 1977
An analysis of the problems of an illiterate woman who learned to read as an adult, based on oral history techniques supplemented by information from teachers, family, and friends, is presented in this paper. An account of the woman's life is first presented to show her complete inability to read or write through ten years of schooling, the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Educational Needs
Hobbs, Howard E. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to frame the outlines of an interpersonal theory derived from exploratory research among adolescent reading failures. The theory postulates that adolescent reading failure syndrome results from and is maintained by conscious elements of choice manifested in the adolescent's perception preferences. The affective…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interaction Process Analysis, Perception, Psychological Patterns
CARRITHERS, LURA M. – 1965
FOUR HYPOTHESES WERE INVESTIGATED IN A STUDY DESIGNED TO DISCOVER WHETHER READING PATTERNS AND SUCCESS DURING CHILDREN'S PRIMARY YEARS COULD BE ANTICIPATED FROM EMOTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS DETERMINED DURING THEIR PRESCHOOL YEARS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES DURING PRESCHOOL YEARS WOULD HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY LEARNING…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Grade 1, Preschool Children, Preschool Evaluation
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Schneyer, J. Wesley – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Language Acquisition