Recognizing the relationship between interests and tastes that exists in the reading selection process, studies concerning either interests or tastes or a combination of both are included in this bibliography. However, taste as an inherent factor in the selection process was rarely treated in the research. The major concern was an emphasis on…

The relationship to readability of ten variables characterizing structural properties of mathematical prose was investigated in elementary algebra textbooks. Readability was measured by algebra student's responses to two forms of cloze tests. Linear and currilinear correlations were calculated between each structural variable and the cloze test.…

Research on reading readiness is listed in two sections: Part 1, 1950 to the present, and Part 2, 1900-1949. Within each section citations are alphabetized according to author's last name and are followed by a descriptive abstract in Part 1 and a brief annotation in Part 2. A broad definition of reading readiness ranging from maturation as a…

In a series of three experiments involving 104 individuals, the effect of chunking sentences (the spatial separation of sentences into small groups of meaningfully related words) upon the reading rate and comprehension of mature readers was investigated. Passages and questions from a standardized reading test were displayed via an…

This ESEA/Title I project reports a longitudinal comparison of pupils from 21 More Effective Schools (MES) with pupils from nine control schools in New York City. The Metropolitan Achievement Tests were administered to pupils in grades 2 through 6 in all MES and in selected control schools. Alternate forms were used at initial testing time in…

This bibliography of research studies on critical and interpretive elementary reading is divided into two major parts. In Part I, which includes reports published since 1950, subsection A contains citations and abstracts for highly relevant reports focusing specifically on critical and interpretive reading. Subsection B contains a citation and…

A total of 339 pupils from 99 first-grade classes were tested over a 2-year period to determine whether they could pronounce words presented singly, out of context, equally well when they were printed with all capital letters, first letter only capitalized, or all lower case orthography. The Isolated Word Recognition test of the Standard Reading…

A comprehensive listing of all USOE-sponsored research on reading and related topics from 1966 through June 1969 is provided. This bibliography supplements the "USOE Sponsored Research in Reading," Bibliography 5, of the ERIC/CRIER Reading Review Series, which reviewed USOE-funded projects on reading from 1956 through 1965. Documents related to…

Projects relating to reading which were funded by the Bureau of Research of the U.S. Office of Education are listed in numerical order by project number. Descriptive information, which includes project number, title, investigator, institution, proposal date, and ERIC descriptors, was taken from the May 1969 edition of "Current Project Information"…

Guidelines for establishing reading resources information centers in the reading programs of 25 universities and colleges strategically located throughout the United States are suggested. The 25 center directors are listed, with a map showing the school's location in each case. The central coordinator for the system is the ERIC Clearinghouse on…

Research into the effectiveness of various approaches to reading instruction, while it has dealt with several which are promising, has been unsuccessful in establishing any one as superior. Therefore, one especially important aspect of future research should be an examination of meaningfulness and its effect on children's verbal learning. This…

Citations and abstracts for 192 theses the research for which was in the areas of preschool, elementary, secondary, college, and adult reading are included. Volume 29 of "Dissertation Abstracts" (July 1968 through June 1969) was reviewed, studies on reading were selected, and an abstract was prepared including information on the procedures,…

To determine whether or not students in grades 2 and 4 comprehended materials written with patterns that appear frequently in their speech better than materials written with patterns that appear infrequently, two reading comprehension tests were devised by the investigator. Subjects were all second- and fourth-grade classrooms from two similar…

This study replicated and validated the Dolch basic sight vocabulary investigation. Dolch's method of compiling his list of 95 nouns was also replicated. Some discrepancies were found between the replication study and Dolch's investigations--a few words were left off the lists, although they apparently met all the criteria for inclusion, and a…

One can measure the readability of any piece of reading material for an individual or a group by having the selection read and then testing for comprehension. Increasingly the cloze procedure has come to be used in preference to multiple-choice questions. Other readability scales have been based on previously scaled passages, on carefully graded…