Descriptor
| Reading Difficulty | 26 |
| Visual Discrimination | 26 |
| Reading Research | 13 |
| Visual Perception | 12 |
| Reading Ability | 8 |
| Learning Disabilities | 7 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4 |
| Reading Difficulties | 4 |
| Reading Readiness | 4 |
| Word Recognition | 4 |
| Auditory Discrimination | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Perceptual and Motor Skills | 2 |
| Developmental Psychology | 1 |
| Florida Reading Quarterly | 1 |
| Journal of Special Education | 1 |
| Journal of the Reading… | 1 |
| The Reading Teacher | 1 |
| Visible Language | 1 |
Author
| ANDERSON, HARRY E. | 1 |
| Adkins, Patricia L. | 1 |
| Allington, Richard L. | 1 |
| Asher, William | 1 |
| Eberly, Donald W. | 1 |
| Fisher, Dennis F. | 1 |
| Genensky, S. M. | 1 |
| Gupta, Raj | 1 |
| LOMBARD, AVIMA | 1 |
| Leeds, Donald S. | 1 |
| Lott, Deborah | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedVockell, Edward L.; Asher, William – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Article refers to EJ 045 083. (CB)
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Difficulty, Research Design, Research Methodology
Download full textLott, Deborah; And Others – 1968
A proposal that the normal reader does not pay attention to individual letters but to sets of features which are characteristic of a word as a whole is presented and tested in this investigation. It was hypothesized that the reader learns (1) to extract distinctive feature information simultaneously from several parts of the configuration and (2)…
Descriptors: Printing, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulty, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedAdkins, Patricia L.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Measurement Instruments, Memory
Peer reviewedSchubert, Delwyn G.; Walton, Howard N. – The Reading Teacher, 1968
The relationship of astigmatism to reading and the possible detrimental effects it might have on reading were investigated. The greatest incidence of astigmatism was for the with-the-rule type ranging from .50 to 1.00 diopter. This type of astigmatism was induced in 35 seniors from the Los Angeles College of Optometry by placing cylindrical lenses…
Descriptors: Attention Span, College Students, Educational Attitudes, Reading
Thorson, Esther L. – 1975
Six separate experiments were undertaken to test the hypothesis that poor readers in first, second, and third grade would have more difficulty with simple perceptual discriminations than would good readers in the same grades. Various tasks were used in the experiments, including discrimination of line orientations, checking letters in three-letter…
Descriptors: Failure, Perceptual Development, Primary Education, Reaction Time
Peer reviewedGupta, Raj; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1978
Two studies are described in which match-to-sample tasks were presented to a total of 50 children (seven to eight years old), both poor readers and good readers. (Author/BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Language Ability
Peer reviewedTimko, Henry G. – Visible Language, 1973
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Reading Ability, Reading Difficulty
McAninch, Myrene – 1969
The relationship between reading ability and recognition of four kinds of perceptual stimuli for purposes of reading disability diagnosis was investigated. The sample consisted of 84 male grade-3 pupils who were matched on intellectual ability but who differed in reading proficiency. Three groups, based on a 6-month discrepancy either above or…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Predictive Measurement, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedRubino, Carl A.; Minden, Harold A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Grade 5, Learning Disabilities, Light, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedTremonti, Joseph B. – Florida Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Auditory Discrimination, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
ANDERSON, HARRY E.; AND OTHERS – 1967
EIGHT READING READINESS FACTORS WERE EXAMINED WITH REGARD TO THEIR IMPORTANCE AS PERCEIVED BY MALE AND FEMALE TEACHERS WITH ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCE (ELEM), SECONDARY EXPERIENCE (NOELEM), AND NO EXPERIENCE (NOTEACH). EACH OF THE GROUPS WAS ABLE TO RANK THE FACTORS WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT CONSISTENCY, ALTHOUGH WITHIN-GROUP VARIATION WAS LARGE. HIGH…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Adjustment, Hearing (Physiology), Physical Development
PURDY, ROBERT J.; AND OTHERS – 1968
A DIAGNOSTIC KIT DESIGNED TO HELP CLASSROOM TEACHERS DIAGNOSE READING DIFFICULTIES MORE ADEQUATELY AND MOTIVATE PUPILS MORE EFFECTIVELY IS PRESENTED. SUGGESTIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO LOWER PRIMARY CHILDREN. DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES ARE OUTLINED FOR SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE OBSERVATION OF LANGUAGE ABILITY, VISUAL PERCEPTION SKILLS, AUDITORY…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Instructional Materials, Learning Motivation, Library Material Selection
Allington, Richard L.; And Others – 1975
This study presented 24 third graders drawn from suburban elementary schools with high frequency, low discriminability words in four conditions. Subjects were randomly assigned to the four tasks individually. It was hypothesized that poor and normal readers would differ in their ability to read high frequency, low discriminability words presented…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Reading Difficulty, Reading Processes
Eberly, Donald W. – 1972
Various eye problems and the effects they can have on children's reading abilities are explored in this pamphlet, which is one of a series designed to answer parents' questions about their children's reading development. Topics discussed are the demands on vision made by reading, problems that affect visual acuity (nearsightedness, farsightedness,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Reading Ability, Reading Development
Leeds, Donald S. – Journal of the Reading Specialist, 1971
Reviews research on various physical factors related to learning and reading disabilities, also providing a 58-item bibliography. (VJ)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Biological Influences, Cerebral Dominance, Language Acquisition
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1 | 2
