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Peer reviewedCamp, Bonnie W.; Zimet, Sara G. – Exceptional Children, 1975
Compared were the classroom behaviors of 45 first grade children in either low, middle, or high reading ability groups. (DB)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedVellutino, Frank R.; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1975
Investigated the hypothesis that children who sustain specific reading disabilities experience difficulty in abstracting and generalizing the invariant components of words containing redundant elements because of basic dysfunction in categorical processing. Subjects were 120 poor and normal readers from the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning Problems, Paired Associate Learning, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedSmith, William L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1974
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the recoding behavior of students for both increase and decrease in syntactic complexity thus gaining a more accurate picture of their grammar. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Grammar, Junior High School Students, Reading Ability, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedAlvord, David J.; Brittingham, Barbara E. – Journal of Educational Research, 1974
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Grade 4, Norm Referenced Tests
Riefer, David M. – 1987
Two experiments investigated the effectiveness of reading backwards as a proofreading technique. Experiment 1 examined the general usefulness of backwards vs. forwards proofreading strategies and the effects of these strategies for two types of typographical errors: misspellings and contextual errors. Subjects, 36 undergraduate students at a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Editing, Error Patterns, Higher Education
Download full textAnderson, Bernice; And Others – 1986
A study examined the relationship between television viewing habits and reading achievement of students in grades 4, 8, and 11. Students, in addition to responding to the achievement and background exercises, answered three questions about their television viewing habits. Analysis of results showed that at all three grade levels, students who…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Habits
Mathews, Paul J.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to determine the SMOG readability formula scores of currently available patient education materials. It was hypothesized that the reading level of the materials would be higher than 7.5, the reading level of the average American citizen; and that there would be a significant reduction in the measured document reading levels…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Guides, Health Education, Health Materials
Peer reviewedKlare, George R. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1974
Reviews formulas and related predictive devices that tell whether a particular piece of writing is likely to be readable to a particular group of readers. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedNisbet, J.; And Others – Educational Research, 1974
The NFER findings on recent trends in reading standards are confirmed by this study. While in Aberdeen at the age of eight years, the standard of performance in reading comprehension is relatively unchanged, at age 11 there has been a slight decline in average standard. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Trends, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Cline, Ruth J. – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Intelligence, Reading Ability
Strang, Ruth – Educ Forum, 1969
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Personality Assessment, Reading, Reading Ability
Bonsall, Cheryl; Dornbush, Rhea L. – J Educ Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Child Development, Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research
Brittain, Clay V.; Brittain, Mary M. – 1981
This study was concerned specifically with the performance of soldiers on Skill Qualification Tests (SQT) in relation to the readability of the tests. The paper also touches upon the effects of soldiers' motivation and training on SQT performance. Regarding readability, the study was designed to address three questions: does the readability of SQT…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Motivation, Multiple Choice Tests
COHEN, S. ALAN – 1963
SHORT ANSWERS ARE GIVEN TO QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT GENERAL FINDINGS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, BASED ON EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE COLLECTED IN RESEARCH THESES AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. EIGHT QUESTION AREAS DEAL WITH STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-6. READING, BOTH ORAL AND SILENT, WORD ANALYSIS AND SPELLING, CHILDREN'S INTEREST AND PREFERENCES, VOCABULARY, MENTAL IMAGERY,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Primary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement
MANUEL, HERSCHEL T. – 1963
A NEW SERIES OF INTER-AMERICAN TESTS OF GENERAL ABILITY AND TESTS OF READING IN PARALLEL ENGLISH AND SPANISH EDITIONS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR USE IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. THE TESTS REPRESENT TOOLS WHICH MAY BE USED EFFECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THIS HEMSIPHERE WHEREVER ENGLISH OR SPANISH IS SPOKEN. THE TESTS WERE CONSTRUCTED FROM MATERIALS COMMON TO…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary School Students, English, Material Development
