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Perot, Suzanne Baird – Reading Teacher, 1974
Proposes the need to isolate differences in languages and universally define reading failure. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Phonetic Analysis
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Kelleher, Constance; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Power, Thomas J. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2008
Although over 15 years have passed since Witt (1990) noted that no empirical evidence exists to support the contention that a collaborative approach to consultation leads to more positive outcomes than a hierarchical or expert driven approach, this issue generally remains unaddressed (Schulte & Osborne, 2003). While the literature documenting…
Descriptors: Intervention, Expertise, Consultants, Comparative Analysis
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Scarborough, Hollis S. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1991
Compares the reading ability of children with dyslexic parents and/or older siblings to children with no family incidence of dyslexia. Finds that many children from dyslexic families developed reading problems by the end of second grade. Discusses implications of the results for etiological theories of dyslexia. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Early Childhood Education, Family Characteristics
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Sheridan, E. Marcia – Reading Horizons, 1993
Examines research on comparative differences in reading disabilities to determine whether findings corroborate the belief that learning to read in Japanese produces fewer reading disabilities resulting from its writing system. Suggests that there is no perfect orthography and that a small percentage of children will have difficulty in learning to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Gerber, Marilen J.; White, Donna R. – 1980
The performance of good and poor readers was compared on a series of three visually presented paired associate tasks varying the verbal codability level of response items. Performance of the 32 poor readers was significantly lower than that of the 32 good readers across all three tasks. There were no differences between good and poor readers in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Learning Theories, Paired Associate Learning
HENDERSON, EDMUND H.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THREE PERSONALITY CONCEPTS, DIFFERENTIATION, ESTEEM, AND INDIVIDUALISM, TO READING ACHIEVEMENT AND DISABILITY WERE EXPLORED. THIRTY-TWO BOYS AND 16 GIRLS, AGE 7 TO 14 WITH 1 TO 6 YEARS READING RETARDATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE READING STUDY CENTER WERE MATCHED WITH SUCCESSFUL READERS OF THE SAME AGE AND SEX. THE SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Individual Testing, Matched Groups
Walker, Carlene – 1982
A study was conducted to determine the reading level of students in a college remedial reading and writing class, the gains they made during a semester of instruction, the differences in gains made by students taking the remedial class alone and those taking that class and the normal basic composition course, and the differences in gains made by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Programs, Higher Education