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Download full textFaneuff, Robert S. – 1990
The reading abilities of enlisted personnel are of interest to the Air Force for a number of reasons. One important reason is that the Air Force must ensure that airmen have the abilities necessary to read and comprehend training material and job aides such as technical orders (TOs). Since reading ability tends to differ among the Air Force…
Descriptors: Adults, Enlisted Personnel, Readability, Reading Ability
Baumann, James F.; Heubach, Kathleen M. – 1994
A study evaluated the assertion that basal reading programs limit or control teachers' instructional decision making through a process referred to as "deskilling" by surveying elementary educators regarding their use of and opinions about basal reading programs. Responses from 553 of 1,000 randomly sampled International Reading…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Material Development, Reading Research
Rupley, William H.; Willson, Victor L. – 1991
A study explored word recognition and structural features of words as determinants of reading comprehension. Word recognition scores and comprehension scores for three age groups (6-7 years, 8-9 years, and 10-12 years) representing 1,200 children were used to examine the relationships of structural features of the word recognition task to…
Descriptors: Children, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Models
Agak, John Odwar – 1995
A study explored how reading literacy is related to academic achievement among 14-year-old students in Kenya. The International Evaluation and Educational Assessment Association (IEA) Reading Literacy Test was used for measuring reading literacy, and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) was used for measuring academic achievement. It…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Background, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Hoke, Brenda Lynn – 1999
This study was done to see if readability levels printed on recreational reading books were as accurate as when the Fry formula and the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level were applied to them. Three descriptive passages from each of 60 recreational reading books were analyzed using the Fry formula and the Flesch-Kincaid formula. The data was compared to…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Material Selection
Raban, Bridie – 1991
This paper reviews four currently recognized modes of inquiry available to reading researchers, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The paper discusses empiricism, interpretive research, critical science/theory, and action research, briefly describing the purposes, goals, and assumptions underlying each mode of inquiry. The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Critical Theory, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ford-Brown, Lisa A. – 1991
A study investigated whether there was a significant difference in the comprehension and appreciation of literature studied through oral interpretation when compared to silent reading. Two hundred and sixty-three third, fourth, and fifth graders from Terre Haute, Indiana were separated into experimental and control groups, and were given pre- and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation, Oral Interpretation, Reading Comprehension
Omanson, Richard C.; Formosa, Martha J. – 1983
Contributing to current research in narrative comprehension, this booklet describes three steps in content analysis of texts: dividing text into content units, identifying the connections between each content unit, and classifying each content unit as central, supportive, or distracting. The first section of the report presents an overview of the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Narration, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Peer reviewedFilp, Johanna – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedBarry, Jeanne Gardner; Stevenson, Timothy E. – Journal of Reading, 1975
Concludes that the readability levels of textbooks can be done rapidly and accurately by computer. (RB)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Reading Level
Peer reviewedCohen, Judith H. – Journal of Reading, 1975
Even when the readability levels of content passages are equal, cloze shows some content areas make easier reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Readability, Reading Level
Peer reviewedHarris, Albert J. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Argues that reading research studies should be more widely disseminated so that teachers may apply the latest information in teaching reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedLiu, Stella S. F.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Reading World, 1976
Concludes that word blending is a controversial issue and questions its usefulness. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Literature Reviews, Primary Education, Reading Research
Peer reviewedGoodacre, Elizabeth J. – Reading, 1975
Reviews the literature on reading research published in Britain during 1974. (RB)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Literature Reviews, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
