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Levine, Isidore – Elem Engl, 1970
Argues that only quantity reading, not "comprehension skills," prepares one to understand the content of a given paragraph. (RD)
Descriptors: Factual Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Peer reviewedHolt, Milford O. – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: High School Students, Intellectual Development, Learning Experience, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedSassenrath, J. M. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1972
Discusses several factors of reading ability and their interrelationships at elementary, secondary, and college levels. (TO)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Download full textSilberberg, Norman E.; Silberberg, Margaret C. – 1968
Several case histories of hyperlexic children whose abilities in word recognition are at a level significantly higher than their general level of intellectual functioning are described, and the impact of such a condition on the child is suggested as an object of research. In the sever"l cases presented, the hyperlexia re"ulted in environmental…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedEarle, Richard A.; Perney, Linda S. – Music Educators Journal, 1972
Describes a method for instructing students in the proper use and understanding of words in music books. (RK)
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
These short summaries of the reports from the National Institute of Education's Conference on Studies in Reading are intended to reflect accurately the general areas of research recommended by each of the 10 panels taking part in the conference. Each panel focused on a particular problem in reading, identifying general approaches, suggesting…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Language Usage, Models, Motivation
Hoffman, James V. – 1979
The sensitivity of the cumulative cloze task to the effects of contextual buildup across units of discourse larger than the sentence was investigated, with three experiments focusing on a comparative analysis of proficient and developmental readers. In cumulative cloze, a single target word is deleted from a passage and replaced by the same…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Context Clues
Schonell, Fred J.; Goodacre, Elizabeth – 1974
A scientific approach to the teaching of reading is provided in this book. The chapters are: "Psychological Factors in Word Recognition,""Factors in Reading Ability,""Preparatory Period in Learning to Read,""A Psychological Analysis of Reading Methods,""Organization of Reading in Infant Classes,""Organization of Reading in Junior…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Early Reading, Educational Psychology, Elementary Schools
