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Download full textGuthrie, John T.; Tyler, S. Jane – 1976
In this investigation, the differences in psycholinguistic processing of written and spoken language and the psycholinguistic deficiencies of poor readers were studied by giving meaningful, anomalous, and random word strings to 18 good readers and 18 poor readers who were reading at the fourth grade level. It was found that in both spoken and…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
Dunn-Rankin, Peter – 1976
This paper presents the results of investigations into mature readers' focal point when viewing letters, words, and phrases. The focal points are accurately determined by using the after image created from a spot of light. The after image is then superimposed on the reading material. The results show that the focal point does not fall haphazardly…
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Figural Aftereffects, Letters (Alphabet)
O'Donnell, Roy C. – 1976
Stella Center's belief in the basic importance of grammatical structure as a factor in reading comprehension substantiated the author's theory that the ability to comprehend syntactic structure is positively correlated with the ability to comprehend meaning. Original instruments devised to test this hypothesis included a test which utilized…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Cues, Decoding (Reading), Educational Theories
Vorhaus, Renee Pool – 1976
Miscue responses of 20 first-grade pupils to 20 stimulus words were compared and analyzed for four different reading tasks: (1) in isolation, (2) in 10 free-standing sentences, (3) embedded in a complete story, and (4) embedded in an illustrated story. Analysis using the Reading Miscue Inventory indicated a significant gain in correct responses to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1
Ackerman, Jerrold – 1975
The role of visual imagery in the learning of letter-sound combinations was investigated using such mediating images as two scoops of ice cream for the letter "m." In a preliminary study, high-, medium-, and low-strength mediating images were determined for each letter-sound combination. The 216 kindergarten subjects in the main study were…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes, Letters (Alphabet)
Deck, Dennis Dorian – 1975
Word-deletion items to be used as measures of comprehension were constructed by deleting a content word from an ambiguous target sentence constrained by an accompanying context sentence. One hundred twenty, third-grade students and 120 sixth-grade students each completed all of the items as one of three degrees of contextual constraint. Analysis…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education
Integrative Learning Systems, Inc., Glendale, CA. – 1975
A new kind of reading-language processing system, which has been in use at the Patterson Road School (Orcutt, California) since December 1972, is described in this document. The program consists of two ungraded reading chains of twelve groups each (determined by reading comprehension) which meet for 45 minutes daily, read material above the…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Decoding (Reading), Developmental Reading, Elementary Education
Jan-Tausch, Evelyn – 1970
The need for training teachers in language abilities evaluation techniques that can be utilized in the practical classroom setting is stressed. The schema, described by Marion Monroe, which enables the teacher to chart each pupil's language pattern on one of five sequential levels in the areas of expressiveness, meaning, sentence structure, word…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Olson, Arthur V. – 1969
The development of a research model to aid in the understanding of the hierarchical structure of reading readiness is described. Data were obtained by testing 218 first graders from three elementary schools with the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception, the Gates Reading Readiness Test, the Metropolitan Readiness Test, the Olson Reading…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Grade 1, Models, Predictive Measurement
Farr, Roger – 1969
Research literature on measurement and evaluation in reading is described under six chapter headings: Measurement in reading: general perspectives, Problems in measuring reading subskills, Methods for assessing reading achievement, Assessing growth, Measurement of reading-related variables, and Summary: test uses and research needs. Following each…
Descriptors: Measurement, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
Anderson, Richard C.; And Others – 1974
Two experiments were conducted, the purpose of which was to investigate the direct effects of questioning. In experiment one, 240 sophomores, juniors, and seniors from a small town high school read one of two versions of a 550-word passage describing the social behavior of the army ant. The subjects then took either a verbatim or paraphrase quiz,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, High School Students, Learning
Twohig, Brian T. – 1972
Designed to measure the subject's ability to discriminate among alphabetic letters varied over three spatial dimensions (left-right, vertical, and combination left-right and vertical), the tests can be administered in groups and take about twenty minutes to complete. Ten letters of the alphabet were selected for assymetry (for example, b-d) and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Language Arts, Letters (Alphabet), Measurement Instruments
Sullivan, Dorothy D.; Humphrey, James H. – 1973
Based on a foundation of research and theory, this book presents a case for the inclusion of motor learning activities in the reading curriculum. Chapter one introduces the concept generally, while chapter two provides a theoretical basis for the approach, along with some exploratory evidence to support it. Chapter three discusses some motor…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Motor Development, Motor Reactions, Perceptual Motor Learning
Grise, Philip J., Jr. – 1973
This thesis reviews those articles that have been published since the early 1960s in the area of perceptual-motor and sensory-motor programs which affect reading readiness in beginning readers at the kindergarten-first grade level. The contents include: "Reading: A Definition," which looks at some of the definitions proffered by authors in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Rousch, Peter Desmond – 1972
Twenty-eight fourth graders, categorized as having high or low conceptual awareness, were used in this study to examine the effect of conceptual background on overt reading behavior; to compare overt reading behavior to post-reading performance; to analyze the relationship between overt reading behavior and cloze test behavior and performance; to…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Concept Formation, Grade 4, Oral Reading
