The investigation reported in this volume attempts to clarify some issues relating to the existence, nature, and causes of specific dyslexia. Based on an extended study of 98 boys of at least average intelligence with severe reading and spelling problems, the report provides detailed data relating to their developmental and perinatal histories,…

This study investigated the significance of differences in percentages of reading and televiewing interests between seventh-grade male and female students within socioeconomic status (SES) levels by interest categories and among SES levels for male and female students by interest categories. SES levels of the students were determined and students…

The purpose of this study was to determine if an organizer improved the understanding and retention of what was read, and, if so, to determine if the placement of the organizer significantly affected the resulting performance. The organizer was a 125-word paragraph which provided the reader with a generalized overview of the reading material and…

This study investigated the relationship between letter-sound ability and general reading ability in Israeli Hebrew and explored the value of letter-sound ability as a predictor of later reading success. The subjects were 130 children in primary classes in two Israeli public schools differentiated by socioeconomic status (SES). Stimuli were 31…

The purpose of this investigation was to identify the superior method of accelerating reading rate without the use of mechanical assists. A secondary purpose was to identify personality characteristics which might serve as predictors of success in reading rate. Thirty volumteer college level students completed an unstructured course in reading…

The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that there is no significant difference in the number of books voluntarily read between sixth grade pupils in an experimental group having stories read to them and pupils in a control group having no stories read to them, and there is no significant difference in the attitudes toward reading…

This study investigated the effects of prereading exercises on the comprehension of written instructional material. The subjects were 210 community college freshmen who were required to enroll in a developmental reading course. All of the subjects had scored below the eighth percentile on the national norms of the Davis Reading Test. The subjects…

The grapho-linguistic approach to teaching reading involves the labeling of self-initiated graphic images reinforced by the copying of the written labels, which helps the child to understand the transference of meaning from the object to its name to its written name. The best time to start labeling strategies is when the child draws recognizable…

Presented in this report are the evaluative data gathered during the second year of the project concerning the extent to which overall and component objectives were reached. The project was designed to advance teacher skill in the diagnostic-prescriptive approach to reading instruction, to the eventual benefit of all the children in the schools.…

This working paper discusses the utilization of the Prototypic System for Reading Instruction (PSRI) in the Wilson School at Janesville, Wisconsin. The core of the PSRI is a scope and sequence statement which outlines the skills normally taught in kindergarten to grade six: word attack, comprehension, study skills, self-directed reading,…

This study investigated the effect on the reading comprehension of preschool children of matching syntactic patterns in written materials to patterns in their level of language acquisition. It also examined whether a language experience method or a prescribed vocabulary method had different effects on the results. Eighty randomly selected subjects…

The major purpose of the study was to relate individual differences among selected 1971 freshmen enrolled at Suffolk University, Boston, to their ability to succeed academically through the University's College Reading-Study Skills (CRSS) program, which utilized either a teacher-directed or a student-directed approach. A related purpose was to…

The purpose of this paper was to propose a theoretical description of the print reading process based on Piagetian concepts of mental functioning and to explore implications for educators which are compatible with such a theory. The methodology employed proceeds from a general explanation of mental functioning to one particular form, that of print…

The purpose of this study was to design a comprehensive and effective model for a secondary reading syllabus to be used in the educational institutions as controlled by the culturally different community. The model was designed on the basis of recommendations of experts representing the varying points of view of philosophy, sociology, psychology,…

This study was designed to determine the effects of test anxiety level and defensiveness (lie scale) level on reading comprehension of fourth grade boys as measured by the cloze procedure. The subjects, 253 male fourth graders, were administered Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale for Children and the lie scale of the General Anxiety Scale for Children.…