A review of research in the three areas of response to literature, reading interests, and the teaching of literature is presented. Each category of study is discussed in a separate chapter, with a bibliography included at the end of the chapter. In evaluating each study, the authors focus on the question with which it deals and its conceptual…

Many behavioral theorists have suggested that self-directed activity is central to the learning process (e.g., Dewey, Piaget, Wertheimer). Accordingly, it was predicted that such activity bears a significant positive relationship to the quantity, quality, and variety of responses in a reading lesson. Moreover, it was expected that selected…

The purpose of this study was to construct and test a new instrument to test reading comprehension based upon Jean Piaget's theory of child development. The instrument was aimed at the elementary school age group, and thus was based specifically upon the eight "concrete" operations outlined by Piaget as characteristic of child thought in…

Evidence has accumulated indicating that high arousal or activation facilitates long-term retention (LTR) but depresses short-term retention (STR) relative to low activation in list learning. The present study extended this research to the learning and retention of text by children. It specifically investigated the effects of questions inserted…

This experiment was an attempt to replicate a sound discrimination training procedure reported by Elkonin (1963). Eight kindergarten subjects were given a training list composed of five words made up of nine sounds. Experimental subjects learned to discriminate the sounds making up the words with aid of pictures representing the words as well as…

A survey conducted individually with 50 retired adult readers (10 males and 40 females), who are middle or upper-middle class former professionals, was made in central New Jersey to determine their reading choices and to compare personal factors of sex, physical condition, and social activity with the number of books read in a six month period. Of…

This bibliography on the prediction of college grades from reading scores includes books, government documents, journals and periodicals from the late 1920's to the early 1970's. Most of the materials are directly related to the problems of reading ability and academic performance. However, some books in statistics and design are also cited.…

This summary and evaluation of the research published from 1963 to 1970 deals with inservice teacher training in reading. The major focus is on a review of the research on what types of inservice education are needed and are most effective. Investigations conducted recommend that inservice programs be based on the current needs of teachers.…

The latest thinking on reading rate and flexibility is discussed in this paper. Included are highlights of the recently completed reading rate portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The current state of knowledge is assessed and promising research and useful writings in English and Spanish are cited. (Author/WR) Aspect of…

This investigator found and reviewed fifty-one studies reported in the literature on individualized reading between 1937 and 1971. Of this number, forty of these studies were controlled at least to the extent of using control groups. In twenty-four cases the results favored the individualized reading group. Only one author reported higher reading…

It is especially critical within reading programs during the years of middle childhood to identify and to nurture qualities of giftedness: open-mindedness, motivation, tolerance for uncertainty, preference for complexity, high regard for learning, sense of destiny, and the search for meaning. Supporting this view, the work of Frank Smith, Goodman,…

The relation between first grade teachers' stated confidence in the predictability of reading readiness test scores and their pupils' achievement in beginning reading was the basis of this study. The experiment required (1) a survey of 341 first grade teachers to obtain a measure of their stated confidence in reading readiness test scores as…

Information processing is discussed as a rapid coalescing of basic disciplines around a point of view with relevance to the reading processes and ultimately to learning to read. Two types of reading models under information processing are analyzed: the O-type model which delineates the organismic systems operating between input and output at a…

The purpose of this study was to determine if training auditorially would improve listening comprehension and/or reading comprehension and if visual training with the Cloze Procedure would improve reading and/or listening comprehension. The experimental reading group received training visually with the Cloze Procedure and the experimental…

The basic purpose of this study was to determine the relation between word recognition and comprehension achieved when materials were read at various levels of readability. Also investigated were the lowest level of word recognition necessary to achieve a certain level of comprehension and the types of word recognition and comprehension errors…