This research project investigated some of the characteristics of primary and secondary memory. In the primary research, subjects were given a list of words followed by an interpolated task. The data of interest were the recall for terminal items in the list. Using this procedure, the researchers have demonstrated negative recency in initial…

Reading has been viewed both as a product and as a process. The product view of reading is generally associated with static information produced by testing techniques. A major difficulty with the product view seems to be that reading is treated as though it is stopped in time, captured in the static scores of tests. This feature of the product…

This paper, presented at the 1973 meeting of the American Education Research Association, discusses some of the studies conducted in the area of learning from prose. The first study dealt with pooling independent sentences into groups of related sentences and preparing passages by stringing these sentences together. College students then read one…

To determine whether linguistic programs are really different, the first problem is to find an acceptable definition of a linguistic program. Many publishers term their basal reading series linguistic, but they are basically designed to teach "code-breaking" and treat reading as a matter of simply breaking a spelling code. A desirable linguistic…

The relationship between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and reading in a clinic population was investigated in this study. Children in grades two through six with a WISC IQ of 80 and above were included in the study. Reading achievement was determined by the Diagnosic Reading Scales, the University of Georgia Reading Clinic…

This study was conducted in an elementary school where the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development had been implemented and developed for several years. Its aim was to determine what happened to individual children during reading instruction when the Design was being systematically used. A case history approach was used, and the school was…

Two views of paired-associate learning were examined by assessing the paired-associate learning efficiency of eighth grade samples identified by digit span and IQ test performance as Jensen-type Level I and Level II learners. Eighty eighth grade students ranging in age from 13 years 3 months to 14 years 10 months were selected as subjects. Three…

This study reports the findings of a 1971 assessment of the reading achievement of 22,000 sixth grade students in Texas. The study used the Prescriptive Reading Test (PRT) and a Pupil Identification Form (PID). Results from the PRT are reported in terms of the percentage of pupils who achieved each of 48 reading objectives. Nineteen objectives…

A model utilizing the concepts "effectiveness" and "acceptability" was the basis for analyzing reading programs in 120 Atlanta elementary schools during 1970-71. Gain rate of effectiveness and level of acceptability were based upon six factors influencing student achievement--pupils' entry knowledge, families' economic level,…

This investigation was designed to explore the differences between 6th grade underachievers, average achievers, and overachievers in reading in their later achievement and behavior and to compare relationships to reading achievement that occur for students with high socio-economic status (SES) background and low SES background, and students with…

Investigation into the book buying, reading and borrowing habits is in many countries still in its infancy. Furthermore it is not yet possible to link up scientifically the socio-economic factors and market behavior. However it is justifiable to take the following principles: (1) the standard of economic development of a country determines the…

The relative effectiveness of two methods of in-service education in reading was tested in order to provide guidelines for future organization and implementation of in-service courses. The methods tested were in-service education in reading emphasizing participation under both supervision and lecture-discussion (P-S), and in-service education in…

One hundred thirty-four elementary school readers from 14 different publishers were the basis for this study. The readers were contributed by the school systems in three suburban New Jersey towns where they are currently in use. A classification system was developed for use in doing a content analysis of all the stories in each book. A statement…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether: (1) a new basal reading series (N Series) contained a larger variety of sentence patterns in beginning reading materials than a traditional reading series (T Series); (2) the variety of language patterns was systematically increased in beginning reading materials within either series; (3) the T…

The purposes of this research were to develop a new methodology for measuring comprehension and analyze individual differences in perceiving sentence difficulty. Written descriptions of commonly occurring visual scenes served as the stimuli in the new methodology. The reader's success in drawing a scene after viewing a written description of it…