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Download full textAnderson, Richard C.; Pearson, P. David – 1984
To characterize basic processes of reading comprehension, this report focuses on how the reader's schemata, or knowledge already stored in memory, function in the process of interpreting new information and allowing it to enter and become a part of the knowledge store. The paper first traces the historical antecedents of schema theory, then…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension
Iran-Nejad, Asghar; Ortony, Andrew – 1983
Noting that current cognitive theories focus on the belief that knowledge is an organized collection of long-term structures upon which various processing mechanisms operate, this paper argues that mental functioning may be more readily characterized if the idea of abstract long-term associations and structures is abandoned. It proposes a model of…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories, Memory
Baumann, James F. – 1982
A study evaluated the effectiveness of a direct instructional paradigm for teaching children to comprehend main ideas of prose passages. Subjects, 69 children in three fourth grade classes, were randomly assigned to an experimental "strategy" group receiving direct instruction in main ideas, an experimental "basal" group…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Reading Horizons, 1976
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedElvin, Lionel – Oxford Review of Education, 1975
Three kinds of important and valid educational study are discussed that are needed to provide more research and a better understanding: strict educational research, experimental writing, and policy papers. (ND)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Development, Educational Principles, Educational Research
Peer reviewedLarsen, Janet J.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1976
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedHood, Joyce; Kendall, Janet Ross – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Grade 2, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading
Peer reviewedMacGinitie, Walter H. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Concludes that steps in instruction that seem logical to adults may not make sense to six-year-olds in beginning reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Logical Thinking
Peer reviewedMacGinitie, Walter H. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1975
Identifies, organizes, and discusses research suggestions from "Literature Search in Reading" on such topics as language development, learning to read, and the reading process. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Acquisition, Literature Reviews, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedConcannon, S. Josephina – Reading Teacher, 1975
Indicates that pictures serving to increase reading interests do not contribute significantly to the child's ability to decode. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
Peer reviewedKaiser, Robert A.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1975
Provides a preliminary look at the syntactic complexity of primary grade reading materials commonly used for initial reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Instructional Materials, Primary Education, Readability
Peer reviewedCarpenter, Teryle W.; Jones, Yvonne – Journal of Reading, 1975
Concludes that the two reading courses offered by the education department at Clemson University are effective in increasing reading rate, vocabulary, and comprehension. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Rate
Peer reviewedStrickland, Edward – Reading World, 1975
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSpeer, Olga B.; Lamb, George S. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Concludes that speed in identifying letters and graphonemes correlates highly with reading achievement. (RB)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Letters (Alphabet), Primary Education, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia – Reading Research Quarterly, 1975
Confirms the hypothesis that readers mediate the identification of unfamiliar words by comparing the unknown word to known words and parts. (RB)
Descriptors: Grade 2, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
