The extent to which increases in reading efficiency are attributable to a reading laboratory program was investigated. The experimental group consisted of all students enrolled in developmental reading and study skills laboratory programs at the Community College of Allegheny County, Boyce Campus. The two control groups were students enrolled in…

A machine-oriented reading course was compared to a textbook-oriented reading course to see which course more effectively improved reading rate and reading comprehension in disadvantaged college freshmen. Subjects were 340 college freshmen in reading classes at Texas Southern University who were divided into two matched treatment groups. The…

Descriptions of models of the initial acquisition stages of reading development and of methods for teaching beginning reading are provided in this conference report which not only describes individual models and strategies, but also draws together and summarizes current thinking in this area. The models range from the behavioristic works of…

The effects of three variables on the difficulty of verbal arithmetic problems were examined. Variables included problem form, sequence of information, and problem verb. A total of 32 problems was generated, four in each of four problem forms and two sequences of information. Vocabulary words were not above second-grade level, and numbers used…

Behavioral objectives for various skill areas related to reading are listed for eleven levels (A through K). Each level deals with seven or eight skill areas, and each area has from one to 12 objectives with specific examples given for each objective. The skills for the various levels are visual discrimination, auditory discrimination, literal…

The extent to which pictorial presentation would facilitate the comprehension of text-like passages among two populations of fourth-grade students was investigated. Subjects were 64 students each in high-socioeconomic status (SES) white and low-SES black groups. Simple passages amenable to pictorial presentation were read over a programed tape to…

The ability of sixth-grade students to use context clues for identifying unknown words in science and social studies reading materials and the types of context clues most frequently used are examined. The 30 subjects from three white, middle-class urban schools missed 50 percent or more of the words on a prevocabulary test. The subjects read two…

The first of two volumes of proceedings for the 19th annual National Reading Conference contains 41 addresses generally concerned with the reading process. In most cases these are descriptions of research studies examining facets of the reading process. A few others are position papers describing models of reading. Among the topics considered are…

This volume of instructional materials in Czech contains 145 dictation exercises. The exercises, designed for use with students at the Defense Language Institute, are used primarily to develop aural comprehension in the target language. The exercises are presented in segments allowing for repetition and with pauses for transcription or…

Schools have been paying too much attention to intellect alone, ignoring the total development of the student as a whole. Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in the cognitive domain categorizes knowledge into knowledge of specifics, knowledge of ways and means of dealing with specifics, and knowledge of the universals and abstractions in a…

An investigation of reading comprehension tests was undertaken in this doctoral dissertation study to find out what the tests evaluate. The history of standardized reading tests and of efforts to define comprehension was traced. Standardized tests from three batteries (California Achievement Test, Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, and Stanford…

This report considers the problem of constructing an abstract model of story comprehension. The use of questions that go beyond the story as a test of understanding the story raises a methodological problem which is discussed in detail. (Author)

To determine the effectiveness of one method of rate training in grades two, four, six, and eight, four classes of pupils in each of the four grades studied were assigned randomly to experimental or control treatments: two classes were given 20 lessons each of rate training, one control class was given instruction emphasizing comprehension, and…

This study was concerned with whether or not supplementary work in the subskill areas of comprehension would increase the overall comprehension level of pupils more than supplementary work with vocabulary development exercise. Sixth-six fourth grade pupils in a middle-class suburban community in central New Jersey were selected as subjects. A…

The comprehension performance of Standard English (SE) and Black English (BE) speakers associated with language materials distinguished by segmental and suprasegmental features of black dialect was investigated. Also assessed was the nature of comprehension improvement on these materials by SE speakers who had been systematically exposed to black…