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Peer reviewedZenker, Edward R.; Frey, Diana Z. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Relates an experiment in which relaxation techniques and visual image training enhanced poor readers' comprehension and literal recall of narrative prose. (HOD)
Descriptors: Grade 10, Imagery, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Gattegno, Caleb – Educational Technology, 1973
A discussion of television as a technological device used to teach reading both inside and outside of the classroom. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Educational Television, Learning Modalities, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Holovka, Edward Andrew – 1971
Many authors report data showing a high relationship between visual perception and early reading. This study dealt with the prediction of later reading from early Frostig test scores and the determination of existing relationships between Frostig treatment and reading skills two years later. Two hundred and seventy-four beginning first graders in…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Grade 1, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development
Direct linkde la Iglesia, Carmen J. F.; Buceta, M. Jose; Campos, Alfredo – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2005
Background: Research indicates that the use of mental imagery is a rich source of possibilities for improving learning in participants with learning disabilities and intellectual disability. Method: We undertook two experiments designed to assess the effectiveness of using imagery in prose learning for participants with Down syndrome (DS). The…
Descriptors: Prose, Learning Disabilities, Imagery, Down Syndrome
Download full textCohen, Dorothy K. – 1972
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the inclusion of visual tracking exercise in a remedial reading program would result in significant higher reading achievement scores when compared to a conventional remedial reading program. Seventy-five sixth-grade students, reading a year or more below grade level and potential, made…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Visual and Auditory Training with the Cloze Procedure to Improve Reading and Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedKennedy, Delores Kessler; Weener, Paul – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
See related article by James L. Wardrop and Diane L. Essex, CS 705 856. (RB)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cloze Procedure, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Krippner, Stanley – 1968
Studies of the etiological factors in reading disability and approaches, generally visual-perceptual, to the problem are presented. Krippner's study presents 15 causes of reading disability and reveals poor visual-perceptual skills as the most common cause. The Olson-Mitchell-Westberg study attempts to determine the effects of visual training upon…
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary School Students, Etiology, Experimental Programs
Zimmer, Richard L. – 1973
This end-of-project report disucsses the procedures that the Dubuque Community School District followed in conducting research on learning the styles and conditions under which elementary school-aged children learn best. The testing program that was developed consisted of administering the Tests of Modality Aptitudes in Reading (TOMAR), the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Elementary Education, Learning, Learning Processes
