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Homan, Susan P.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Over 4,000 fifth graders were involved in a study to determine the effect of teacher oral reading of test items on good and poor readers. The findings suggested that having teachers read test items aloud during standardized tests yielded higher scores for both groups than having students read for themselves. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension
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Alvermann, Donna E. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Discusses reasons for using listening rather than reading as a preferred mode of instruction in inferring, then describes a procedure for helping children "negotiate" meaning from an author's implied statements. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
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Wipf, Joseph A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1984
Based on the assumption that recognizing the grammatical function of a phrase with the total sentence is an essential step in the comprehension process, theorizes that the isolation of tasks such as the recognition of "grammatical signals" needs to become a fundamental component of instructional materials. Suggests a strategy to do this. (SED)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Skills, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Instruction
Lippke, Richard L. – Speech Teacher, 1974
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills, Speech Skills
Leventhal, Gloria – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
The aim of the present experiment was to determine the locus of the set effect of sentence context on the intelligibility of a member word. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Listening Comprehension, Perception, Sentences
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Irwin, H. J.; Noble, W. G. – Australian Journal of Psychology, 1973
Investigates the extent to which differences in intensity facilitate the selection of one of two dichotically presented messages. (RB)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Educational Research, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
Thames, Kenneth H.; Rossiter, Charles M. – AV Communication Review, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Research, Listening Comprehension, Reading Rate, Silent Reading
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Sticht, Thomas G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Listening Comprehension
Stocker, Claudell S. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1971
Described is a basic listening education program, designed to increase ability to listen efficiently and to interpret what is heard. Three phases include pre-skills or listening readiness, development of listening skills, and development of recall and retention through the techniques of review. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Exceptional Child Education, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
Ramonda, Kathleen – Speech Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Tests, Aural Learning, Listening
Hollingsworth, Paul M. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Improvement, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension
Wilkinson, Andrew; Stratta, Leslie – Educ Rev, 1970
The listening abilities of teenagers in Great Britain are discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intelligence Quotient, Listening Comprehension, Oral English
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Goldman, Susan R.; Varnhagen, Connie K. – Child Development, 1983
Examined comprehension of stories with and without obstacles to goal attainment among 16 second- and fifth-grade students and 16 adults. Results suggest that processing characteristics of a task, as well as prior knowledge of problem-solving behavior, affect story understanding. (Auhtor/RH)
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary School Students, Listening Comprehension, Memory
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Lynch, Anthony J. – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1982
Discusses origins of desire for authenticity in language teaching, analyzes the term, and describes some materials designed to fit in with a more rigorous view of what constitutes authenticity. Purpose is to create learning activities that demand an authentic response from foreign language students. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Listening Comprehension, Magnetic Tape Cassettes, Second Language Instruction
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Hamilton, William S. – Russian Language Journal, 1982
Investigates two questions: (1) Will Russian lose its well-developed distinction between hard and soft consonants? (2) What would be the consequences of such a loss for comprehension of sustained discourse in the language? (EKN)
Descriptors: Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Listening Comprehension
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