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Peer reviewedKurzman, Maurice – Reading Improvement, 1974
Confirms findings of other studies indicating that textbooks used by college freshmen were in most cases several grade levels above the students' reading abilities. (RB)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedSchlief, Mabel; Wood, Robert W. – Reading Improvement, 1974
Results were analyzed to see if a significant correlation might exist between the results of the cloze procedure and other readability formulas that would permit substituting one for the other in describing the readability level of selected non-text materials. (RB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedVincent, D. – Educational Research, 1974
The article outlines some practical and theoretical weaknesses of the concept of 'reading age'. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Educational Research, Reading Ability, Reading Development
Peer reviewedShukla, Snehlata – Comparative Education Review, 1974
Article identified important variables where concentrated efforts can be made for the improvement of cognitive achievement of Indian children. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Achievement, Children, Hindi, Language Ability
Peer reviewedHopkins, Charles R.; Kim, Paul Y. – Business Education Forum, 1974
Since the reading abilities of general business students vary from one individual to the next, the author's report on the readability of three general business textbooks to guide business teachers in their selection of textbooks. (AG)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Business Education, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Elementary School Journal, 1974
The 1936 Dolch basic sight word list is still a useful tool for beginning readers, although it should be revised according to recent word-count studies. (CS)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Language Skills, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSchatz, Albert – Journal of Reading, 1975
Provides a facetious look at the declining literacy rate by using a fairy-tale motif to ridicule some of the current practices that are intended to solve the reading problem in the nation's schools. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Higher Education, Literacy, Reading Ability
Hopkins, Kenneth D.; Sitkei, E. George – J Exp Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement
Wilson, Robert M.; Anderson, Cathie A. – Acad Therap Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Research, Grade 1, Grade 2
Harris, Albert J. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1969
Condensed from "Journal of Reading, Volume 12 (December 1968), 205-10, 258-60.
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Download full textFlagg, Barbara N.; And Others – 1981
Two experiments were conducted to explore the role of pictures in comprehension and recall of written text and the effects of pictures on eye movement patterns during reading. Conducted in a laboratory setting, the first experiment examined the effects of three picture conditions (picture before text, picture with text, and no picture) on free and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eye Movements, Illustrations, Reading Ability
CASKEY, HELEN – 1967
THE REACTIONS OF SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TO THE SAME READINGS WERE STUDIED. THE READING REACTION ANALYSIS WAS GIVEN TO 73 SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ADVANTAGED AREAS AND TO 59 SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. RESPONSES TO THIS TEST AND…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 7
MAXWELL, MARTHA J.; MUELLER, ARTHUR C. – 1966
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCORES ON THE PUMROY CONCENTRATION TEST (PCT) AND ANXIETY, READING ABILITY, AND PERCEPTUAL SPEED AND ACCURACY WERE INVESTIGATED. CERTAIN ATTITUDES AND PROBLEMS OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO SCORED HIGH AND LOW ON THE PCT WERE IDENTIFIED, AND THE RELATION BETWEEN CONCENTRATION SCORES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attention, Attention Span, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Abram, Marie J. – 1977
A study was conducted to identify operational procedures that could maximize learning and acceptance of reading materials within a parent education program. A factorial design was used to test how two levels of readability of written material (ninth and fifteenth grade levels) and two levels of reader competency (lower and higher) were related to…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Readability, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Leisman, Gerald; Schwartz, Joddy – 1975
This paper discusses the dichotomy between continually moving eyes and the lack of blurred visual experience. A discontinuous model of visual perception is proposed, with the discontinuities being phase and temporally related to saccadic eye movements. It is further proposed that deviant duration and angular velocity characteristics of saccades in…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
