In a study of the readability of Air Force regulations, the writer-estimated reading grade level (RGL) for each regulation was rechecked by using the FORCAST readability formula. In four of the seven cases, the regulation writers underestimated the RGL of their regulation by more than one grade level. None of the writers produced a document with…

The purpose of this investigation was to discover whether any significant differences in reading comprehension would occur when either a "product" or a "process" cloze procedure was used as a teaching technique. The product approach is based on one correct answer per cloze blank, while the process approach considers all answers relative to the…

A review of the literature on miscue analysis supports the assumption that reading is a language process. All three language cue systems--graphophonic, syntactic, and semantic--must interact if reading for meaning is to occur, and a whole language environment is necessary for a student to develop reading proficiency. (AEA)

The actual process of reading diagnosis and the effects of examiner/student interaction upon the diagnostic outcome were explored in this study. A testing session of approximately 50 minutes, conducted by a university professor to determine the reading problems of a nine-year-old boy, was videotaped. Applying an ethnomethodological model for…

A summary of research on reading rate is presented. Cited studies dating from 1884 to 1965 suggest a relationship among reading rate and visual perception, practice in reading, power of concentration, mental alertness, complex reaction times, intelligence, amount of vocalization, content, rate of thinking, intensity of illumination, typographical…

Characteristics of a reading program sustained 3 years following the conclusion of the original research study were examined to see what methods and materials had been retained in participating schools. These schools were those which had taken part in the CRAFT program in 12 predominantly Negro New York City schools. Results of an inventory of…

A bibliography, with descriptive abstracts, of articles dealing with research on reading in the content fields is presented. The listing is divided into two parts: a bibliography from research literature which focuses on general content reading skills and an "Other Subjects" bibliography selected from literature dealing with areas other than the…

A 1-week workshop in reading research was held at McPherson College, Kansas, for 101 beginning teachers of reading and reading specialists to help them understand reading research literature and to encourage involvement in research. The workshop included lectures by authorities in the field, discussion periods, field trips to local summer reading…

This paper discusses discourse comprehension with respect to individual differences. First, some general principles of discourse structure and the processing of discourse are presented. These principles emphasize the role of sentence and thematic structure. Second, possible sources of individual differences in discourse processing are discussed.…

Preschool children's knowledge of printed words and letters was studied longitudinally, in order to achieve a definition and an ordering of reading readiness activities. Middle-class children were tested to determine what they knew about print, they were given word learning and word recognition tasks, and their parents returned questionnaires…

This report describes the naturally occurring variations in time allocated to reading instruction in eight grade-five classes selected as part of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study. Students completed a set of reading tests in early and late fall and teachers maintained records of instructional time allocated, setting, and content covered.…

This report describes a field study of the relationship between instructional time and student achievement in nine grade-two classrooms. Amounts of time allocated to reading and to instructional settings are described for a 40-day instructional period. Student "engaged time" was also measured for a 10-day period. Relationships between…

Forty-nine sophomore students identified from reading and nonverbal IQ scores received remedial reading instruction, based on individual, diagnostic reading evaluations, in small classes of 10 to 15 students for one hour each day of the school year. Thirty-four received remedial instruction for the full academic year; 15 received instruction for…

The effects on independent reading performance of two methods of word-attack instruction were compared for eight learning-disabled boys of intermediate age. The students read orally in the Checkered Flag series for five minutes daily. After a baseline period of two or four weeks, the students received two weeks of instruction focused on observed…

This study investigated the effects of the direction of print on learning-disabled students' and normal students' abilities to learn the sequence in which sentences are presented, to comprehend sentences, and to recognize relationships among sentences. Four groups of 12 learning-disabled pupils and four groups of 12 normal pupils between the ages…