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Download full textKoenke, Karl – 1968
The importance of content-relevant pictures in the comprehension of the main idea of a paragraph was investigated. Various reading conditions were constructed which contained a paragraph, a picture, or both, each with three types of instructions. In addition, the effects of paragraph readability, student grade placement (grade 3 and 6), and sex…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 6, Pictorial Stimuli, Readability
Peer reviewedWeintraub, Samuel; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Interpretive Skills, Language Ability, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedWeintraub, Samuel; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
Summarizes 369 reports of reading research and divides them into six main areas: "Summaries of Specific Aspects of Reading Research", "Teacher Preparation and Practice,""Sociology of Reading, Physiology and Psychology of Reading,""The Teaching of Reading," and "Reading of Atypical Learners." (RB)
Descriptors: Readability, Reading Difficulty, Reading Habits, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedHanson, Earl – Reading Teacher, 1968
A summary of research on reading rate is presented. Cited studies dating from 1884 to 1965 suggest a relationship among reading rate and visual perception, practice in reading, power of concentration, mental alertness, complex reaction times, intelligence, amount of vocalization, content, rate of thinking, intensity of illumination, typographical…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Intelligence, Motivation
Peer reviewedWeintraub, Samuel; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Lists summaries dealing with specific aspects of reading research, including bibliographies, syntheses of research, and critiques of research. (VJ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Emotional Adjustment, Listening
