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Download full textSTOWE, ELAINE H. – 1967
DEPARTMENTALIZATION IS A FORM OF GROUPING FOR INSTRUCTION, AN ADMINISTRATIVE METHOD FOR ASSIGNING PUPILS TO TEACHERS IN SOME PLANNED MANNER. SOME PRECEDENTS FOR THE RECENT REVIVAL OF DEPARTMENTALIZATION IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES ARE CITED. THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES OF DEPARTMENTALIZATION ORGANIZATION ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL--A PROGRAM INVOLVING…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Preschool Education, Reading Research, Secondary Education
AMES, WILBUR S. – 1966
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE FROM THE VERBAL RESPONSES OF READERS THE TYPES OF CONTEXTUAL AIDS THAT SERVE AS CLUES TO THE MEANINGS THAT MIGHT BE ATTACHED TO SIMULATED WORDS AND TO CLASSIFY THESE CONTEXTUAL AIDS ON THE BASIS OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE VERBAL CONTEXT THAT WAS UTILIZED BY THE READER. AN INTROSPECTIVE TECHNIQUE WAS USED IN…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
MARANI, S. DONALD; MAXWELL, MARTHA J. – 1966
AN ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF A READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL LABORATORY ASSISTANT TRAINEES WHO NEEDED TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS IN ORDER TO SUCCEED IN THEIR TECHNICAL COURSE IS PRESENTED. THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN TESTS OF VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION, RATE, AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION. THEY KEPT RECORDS OF THEIR OWN PROGRESS, AND POST-TESTS…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
FAY, LEO C.,; AND OTHERS – 1964
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS FROM 1919 THROUGH 1960 IN THE AREA OF READING IS REPORTED IN MONOGRAPH FORM. OVER 700 STUDIES ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER 34 SUBJECT CATEGORIES, AND A SUMMARY STATEMENT IS INCLUDED FOR EACH CATEGORY. AN AUTHOR INDEX IS PROVIDED. THIS PUBLICATION IS A BULLETIN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Programs, Elementary Education, Reading Research
Harris, Albert J.; Jacobson, Milton D. – 1980
This paper describes the Harris-Jacobson Readability Formula A, a revision of a readability formula based on word lists from "Basic Elementary Reading Vocabularies." Section one of the paper discusses procedures for using the formula, including the selection of samples, scoring the variables, and applying the formula. The next section…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability, Readability Formulas
McCabe, Allyssa – 1980
A study was designed to test the hypothesis that memory for metaphor was primarily a function of the structure of the metaphor itself. Eighty undergraduate students rated the quality of subsets of 80 metaphors and later freely recalled them, while another 40 students simply read metaphors in their extended contexts and later received a surprise…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Metaphors, Reading Research, Recall (Psychology)
Sternberg, Robert J.; Nigro, Georgia – 1980
Two experiments tested a theory of information processing in metaphoric comprehension and appreciation. According to this theory, certain kinds of metaphors are based upon underlying analogies, and the processing components used to interpret these metaphors are highly similar to those used in the interpretation of analogies. A critical difference…
Descriptors: Analogy, Interaction, Language Processing, Metaphors
Crawley, Sharon J. – 1977
This article presents a brief summary of research pertaining to the reading interests of elementary school pupils and contains a 48-item bibliography. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Interests
Sullivan, Howard J.; Niedermeyer, Fred C. – 1973
This year-long study was conducted to investigate effects of various teacher accountability factors on reading achievement of first-grade pupils. Each of fifteen schools was assigned through randomized blocking procedures (blocking factors were reading achievement and percentage of minority students) to one of four levels of accountability.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Programs
Berdiansky, Charles; Mindes, Paula – 1969
This analysis of the stimulus-response characteristics of reading comprehension tests was undertaken in order to determine the factors which are generally measured in the standardized tests of reading comprehension. It was assumed that such an analysis might provide a clearer notion than presently exists in the educational literature as to what…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Responses
Anderson, Lorena A. – 1969
Some problems inherent in popular magazine articles concerning reading are discussed, and some suggestions for careful reading of them are given. It is suggested that the reader consider the following questions concerning popular magazine articles on reading: (1) What background does the author have? (2) What number of people have been involved in…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Opinions, Parents, Periodicals
Elam, Claude B. – 1969
An experiment was conducted comparing the abilities of normal and retarded third-, fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade readers to report the temporal and spatial order of presentation of letters. The presentations were accomplished by using animated techniques on motion picture film. It was found that while the retarded readers were inferior to the…
Descriptors: Perception, Reading Difficulty, Reading Research, Spatial Relationship
Wark, David M. – 1969
The initial means for arriving at a dynamic model of reading were suggested in the form of "behaviormetric" research. A review of valid reading models noted those of Smith and Carrigan, Delacato, and Holmes as eminent, and it distinguished between models based on concrete evidence and metaphors of the reading process which are basically…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Measurement Instruments, Models, Reading Processes
Coffman, R. L. – 1972
This research report was conducted to determine if graduate students comprehend microfilmed material significantly quicker than hard copy material of a similar level of difficulty since they tend to read microfilm quicker. The research followed a descriptive design with a statistical inference obtained from an analysis of data collected from a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Microfilm, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate
Bazemore, Judith Sherrill – 1971
The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that student achievement in reading is, in part, a function of the interaction between a student's level of tension and his learning environment. Possible relationships between absence and achievement, absence and group assignment, and absence and level of tension were also investigated. The…
Descriptors: Attendance, Elementary Education, Learning, Reading
