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Peer reviewedKeenan, Janice M.; Brown, Polly – Child Development, 1984
Examines the differences between beginning and skilled readers in the units used to represent the meaning of text. Compares reading times and recall of 50 third- and fifth-graders. Stimulus sentences all had the same number of words but varied in the number of underlying propositions. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Rate
Mather, Nancy; Kirk, Samuel A. – Learning Disabilities Research, 1985
Although research results generally fail to confirm a consistent relationship between reading performance and visual perception, auditory perception, or modality preference, clinical observations and teachers' opinions suggest the presence of such a relationship. The article reviews the research and suggests factors, including asking the wrong…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Learning Modalities, Perceptual Development, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedSwanson, H. Lee; Rathgeber, Arthur J. – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
This study examines whether residual recall differences between reading ability groups after a memory training task reflect the dimensions of organizational processing. Although age-related effects occurred, no ability group effects emerged, suggesting that learning disabled readers adequately access word features except when organized by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Memory
Peer reviewedTaylor, Maravene Beth; Williams, Joanna P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Two studies investigated (1) the ability of learning disabled children to perform tasks that specifically demand the recognition and production of main-idea statements, and (2) their ability to detect an inappropriate sentence in a paragraph. (PN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Listening
Peer reviewedMangieri, John N.; Olsen, Henry D. – Reading Horizons, 1976
Indicates a positive relationship exists between self-concept and academic ability. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCox, Mary B. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedGould, Sandra M. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Examines the relationship between reading ability and spelling proficiency, assesses the predictability of English spelling, and suggests ways in which the teacher of reading can encourage spelling accuracy. (KS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Spelling, Spelling Instruction
Peer reviewedTaylor, J. F.; Graham, J. R. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1974
The purposes of this study were to develop a simplified form of the MMPI and to demonstrate its equivalence to the standard form. Such a revision would extend the range of application of the instrument. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Psychological Studies, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedNikas, George Bill – Elementary School Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedGrossman, Marvin; Philips, Michael – Child Study Journal, 1973
Results of this study suggests that as the teacher is attempting to find the source of a young child's reading difficulties he might have the child's level of ocular development examined. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Eye Movements, Grade 1, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedKoenke, Karl – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Programs, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedPennock, Clifford – English Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Instructional Materials, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedSticht, Thomas G.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Project REALISTIC, sponsored by the Department of the Army under contract with the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO), was designed to determine functional literacy levels for selected military jobs having civilian counterparts. (MM)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Reading Ability, Reading Research
Sykes, K. C. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Reading, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedLevitt, Edith – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Primary Education
