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Peer reviewedCooper, Charles R.; Petrosky, Anthony R. – High School Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Definitions, Psycholinguistics, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedPyrczak, Fred; Axelrod, Jerome – Journal of Reading, 1976
Finds that many commercial reading comprehension test items are not passage dependent. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Peer reviewedMeyer, Ronald E.; Cohen, S. Alan – Reading World, 1975
Concludes there was no difference in vocabulary development between a group receiving heavy vocabulary instruction but little tradebook reading and a second group receiving almost no direct teaching of vocabulary but heavy tradebook reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Development, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedNicol, Elizabeth Anne – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Research, Literary Discrimination, Literature, Reader Response
Peer reviewedFarrell, Thomas J. – College English, 1975
Existing reading tests are useless as predictors of student academic achievement, but certain skills learned in remedial reading courses do contribute to achievement. (JH)
Descriptors: Grade Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Reading, Reading Research
Peer reviewedHunter, Diana Lee – Reading Teacher, 1975
Suggests that more attention should be given to semantics if accurate word lists are to be compiled from spoken or written vocabulary. (RB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Language Usage, Reading Research
Peer reviewedTovey, Duane R. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Psycholinguistics, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedHenderson, Mary Ann – Journal of Reading, 1976
Compares two methods of teaching reading, concluding that junior college reading lab students benefit more from individually prescribed than from self-selected programs. (RB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Individualized Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedNelson, Rosemary O.; Peoples, Arthur – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1975
Concludes that the "Sullivan-Star-Chart" tutoring package may be convenient and successful for paraprofessional volunteers to use in tutoring children with reading difficulties. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedZehm, Stanley J. – Reading Improvement, 1975
Provides evidence that teacher expectations are an important factor in determining reading success. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedShapiro, Marian Kaplun – Reading Improvement, 1974
Presents research demonstrating that a simplified version of the diacritical marking system is an effective remedial tool for improving reading skills. (RB)
Descriptors: Diacritical Marking, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Materials, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading, 1974
Discusses four areas of reading research in which the results seem to collide with views held by practicing teachers and provides an explanation of the contradictions. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Paradox, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedBlack, Frank S.; Bargar, Robert R. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Concludes that the reading achievement of mobile pupils is not significantly different from that of stationary pupils. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Low Income, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedKennedy, Larry D.; Halinski, Ronald S. – Journal of Reading, 1975
Contains the results of a study measuring secondary students' attitudes toward reading and includes the 70-item attitude instrument. (RB)
Descriptors: High School Students, Measurement Instruments, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Bavaro, Sandra – 1989
A study investigated whether the use of audio/visual aids had an effect upon comprehension recall. Thirty fourth-grade students from an urban public school were randomly divided into two equal samples of 15. One group was given a story to read (print only), while the other group viewed a filmstrip of the same story, thereby utilizing audio/visual…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
