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Heffernan, Barbara K. – 1980
Results of the examination of teacher's manuals, grades one through four, that accompany a number of basal reading series used in schools in Staten Island, New York, indicated that although teacher's manuals included many phonic rules, none of the examined texts gave any utility or frequency data or cited any research studies to support the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Higher Education, Phonics
Download full textBonk, Rita M. – 1998
This study examined the role of a reading specialist, hypothesizing that teachers of grades K-4 in an urban school district do not know nor understand the role of the reading specialist and would not take advantage of suggestions and strategies given them by the specialist. A survey was given to the teachers to see if they understood the reading…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Primary Education, Reading Consultants, Reading Instruction
Ramey, Alan – 1982
To determine if college and university reading clinics assess students' attitudes toward reading and to discover the methods used in such assessments, questionnaires were sent to the directors of 110 reading clinics. Analysis of the data gathered from the 55 respondents revealed that a majority did assess reading attitudes and that most used…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Reading Attitudes
Zymroz, June – 1981
Testing the assumption that textbooks were getting harder while students' abilities have been declining over the years, a study was conducted to determine the readability levels of six college reading textbooks across three editions to see if they were equal or the same in readability. The study also sought to determine whether these texts were…
Descriptors: College English, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Difficulty Level
Hatoff, Blossom – 1980
A study was conducted to determine how many of the 350 reading specialists who have graduated from Kean College in New Jersey since 1974 are making actual use of their Reading Specialist Certificate. By examining the current professional status of these people and seeking their opinions, some idea of the adequacy or inadequacy of this…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Reeseg, Carol lyn – 1984
A survey was conducted of junior and senior high school area teachers in the Rahway (New Jersey) public school system to determine what effect, if any, the two reading courses required by the state for all prospective teachers have had on the reading skills they teach. The questionnaire was composed of 80 multiple-choice statements and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
