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Download full textBARRETT, THOMAS C. – 1965
A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEASURE OF PREREADING VISUAL DISCRIMINATION AND FIRST-GRADE READING ACHIEVEMENT IS GIVEN. THE RELATIVE PREDICTIVE POWER OF VISUAL DISCRIMINATION OF LETTERS, WORDS, GEOMETRIC DESIGNS, AND PICTURES WHEN THESE ABILITIES ARE STUDIED INDIVIDUALLY AND IN COMBINATION IS INDICATED. STUDIES…
Descriptors: Letters (Alphabet), Prereading Experience, Preschool Tests, Reading Achievement
Upchurch, Winifred Brook – 1971
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which a preassessment of motor development and perceptual skills predicts achievement in word recognition for kindergarten children. The instruments used for evaluation were the Lincoln-Oseretsky Motor Development Scale, Thurstone's Identical Forms Test, Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test,…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Kindergarten Children, Reading, Reading Achievement
Vernon, Magdalen D., Comp. – 1966
This annotated bibliography on visual perception and its relation to reading is composed of 55 citations ranging in date from 1952 to 1965. Its divisions include Perception of Shape by Young Children, Perception of Words by Children, Perception in Backward Readers, and Perception of Shapes, Letters, and Words by Adults. Listings which include…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Reading Achievement
LOWELL, ROBERT E. – 1967
FOUR NULL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO EVALUATE SELECTED READING READINESS TESTS AS PREDICTORS OF FIRST-GRADE READING ACHIEVEMENT. FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE BANGOR, MAINE, CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM WERE RANDOMLY CHOSEN. IN EACH SCHOOL, ONE CLASS USED THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM WHICH EMPHASIZED SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION WITH READINESS TRAINING. ANOTHER…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Grade 1
Rosen, Carl L. – American Journal of Optometry, 1968
To investigate the effects of perceptual training upon selected measures of reading achievement in grade 1, 12 experimental classrooms of randomly selected first graders received a 29-day adaptation of the Frostig Program for the Development of Visual Perception. Thirteen control classes added comparable time to the regular reading instructional…
Descriptors: Eye Hand Coordination, Grade 1, Perceptual Development, Predictive Measurement
Venezky, Richard L. – 1971
The assumption that the learning of letter names in their proper sequence is a prerequisite for literacy can be questioned. There is disagreement over the value of early letter-name training. It is variously said to aid in letter or word discrimination, to aid in attaching sounds to letters, and to interfere with both of these tasks. An analysis…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Letters (Alphabet), Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement
Bader, Lois A. – 1998
Designed for use by literacy specialists, resource teachers, and classroom teachers, this book presents a diagnostic battery encompassing vital areas of evaluation based on research and practice, efficient in administration and interpretation, and relatively inexpensive. The third edition of the book has been revised to improve its organization;…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment
Sandstrom, Eleanor L. – 1970
This article briefly discusses ways in which the study of foreign language contributes to the development of reading skills in the speaker's native language. Comments are directed to the following areas: (1) auditory discrimination, (2) visual discrimination, (3) association and insight, (4) the reading process, (5) expansion of vocabulary, (6)…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Language Skills, Psycholinguistics, Reading Achievement
