Concludes that despite a significant relationship between conservation and intelligence, neither is a significant predictor of reading achievement. (RB)

Compares the predictive capabilities of readability formulas derived from cloze and multiple-choice reading comprehension tests. (RB)

Concludes that after treatment using a taxonomy of comprehension skills adolescents more accurately perceived the distinctions between positive and negative authority figures. (RB)

Concludes that the diacritic e generalizations formulated on graphics research have value for use in decoding programs as early as the first reader of typical basal series. (RB)

Concludes that the extra attention paid to children during the administration of reading tests does not have a significant effect on test performance and that the Hawthorne effect does not influence reading test results. (RB)

Discusses the results of research on the effect of readiness training for preschool youngsters. (RB)

Research indicates that a special version of the cloze procedure is a reliable test of reading comprehension. (RB)

Studies the dialect of the frontier area between Uruguay and Brazil and the problems it poses for elementary education. (RB)

Discusses some of the outstanding and significant research in recent years relating to the problems of evaluating college reading and study skills programs and the implications for improvement. (RB)

A study examined the effectiveness of semantic mapping instruction as a technique for increasing vocabulary. Subjects, 38 fourth grade students in two classrooms, were divided into experimental and control groups. Both groups were pretested for their knowledge of selected words taken from the Scott, Foresman Reading Program, Grade Four. The…

A study of eye movements was conducted to determine whether the visual regions are perceived in their entirety on each fixation or whether the actual region perceived varies from fixation to fixation. The resulting data were used in a frequency of effects analysis. The frequency of effects problem arises once it has been established that an…

A study examined the effect of divided and alternating comparison/contrast text structures on the reading comprehension of the college developmental reader. In the divided pattern, all of the information about an object is provided and then all of the information about the other object is provided, while in the alternating pattern comparisons…

A study investigated differences in reading achievement of students taught with a whole language philosophy compared to students taught using a basal textbook. Subjects, 20 second grade students taught using a whole language philosophy and 17 second grade students in the same school using basal textbooks, were given pre- and posttests to determine…

A study examined two questions: What are the common functions and features of literacy as evidenced in children's spontaneous play within a preschool setting, and how frequently do they occur across different groups of preschoolers? Trained observers recorded the play behavior of each of 50 children (the average age was 4 years) during four…

In order to investigate differences between the comprehension of high or low imagery passages of long or short length, a study analyzed the reading comprehension of fifth grade pupils (all reading at grade level). Thirty subjects read 16 passages each: four high imagery/short; four high imagery/long; four low imagery/short; and four low…