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MADDEN, HOWARD L.; TUPES, ERNEST C. – 1966
CONVERSION TABLES ARE PRESENTED FOR ESTIMATING READING ACHIEVEMENT (READING GRADE LEVEL AS MEASURED BY THE CALIFORNIA ACHIEVEMENT TEST AND SCALED SCORE AS MEASURED BY THE DAVIS READING TEST) FROM THE AIRMAN QUALIFYING EXAMINATION GENERAL APTITUDE INDEX. DISTRIBUTIONS OF ESTIMATED READING GRADE ARE SHOWN FOR NON-PRIOR-SERVICE AIRMEN ENTERING THE…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Instructional Materials, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedHillman, Donald; Hillman, Judith – National Elementary Principal, 1977
Reading is a complex and wondrous process and should not be restricted to the realm of the written word. Instead, we should strongly advocate and encourage students to develop skills in all aspects of communication, interpretation, creativity, and critical thinking. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedPrawat, Richard S.; Kerasotes, Dean – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1978
Two memory tasks--a constructive memory task and a semantic retrieval task--were used with groups of good and poor readers in second grade, in an effort to determine what effect, if any, memory processes have on reading. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Memory, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedErnhart, Claire B.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
Reanalysis of previously reported findings associating preschool lead level and outcome measures (including cognitive measures, reading tests, and teacher behavior ratings) did not substantiate the positive findings. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Lead Poisoning, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedBaker, Linda – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Compares spontaneous and instructed use of lexical, external consistency, and internal consistency standards of evaluation as a function of age, reading proficiency, and type of standard. A total of 108 elementary school students divided evenly between fourth and sixth grades identified problems embedded within passages of expository text. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Evaluation Criteria, Reading Ability
Download full textArmbruster, Bonnie B.; Lehr, Fran; Osborn, Jean – 2003
This booklet contains a short summary of what scientific research says about how children learn to read and write. It also discusses things you can do with your child at three different grade levels -- kindergarten, first grade, and second and third grades. These activities will help the child become a reader. In addition, this booklet contains a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBookbinder, G. E. – Reading, 1973
Suggests educationists Develop a more critical attitude toward surveys on reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, National Surveys, Reading, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedMeade, Edward J., Jr. – Reading World, 1973
Discusses the value of knowing how to read, cites statistics revealing America's commitment to the reading movement, but points out that American is not a literate nation in relative terms. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Books, Learning Motivation, Literacy, Publications
Peer reviewedTaylor, William H. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1972
The study concludes that there is no significant positive correlation between reading ability and length of stay in the Job Corps. (Author)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Employment Qualifications, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedGoodman, Yetta M. – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Research
Peer reviewedKirby, Edward A.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Prisoners, Psycholinguistics
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Reading
Peer reviewedBarney, Leroy – Arithmetic Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Reading Ability
Wineman, John – California Journal of Educational Research, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Reading Ability, Reading Research
Ahrendt, Kenneth M. – Education Canada, 1970
The relationship of reading ability to the dropout problem is discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Potential Dropouts, Reading Ability, Reading Programs
