The strategies of children and college students were examined as they attempted to study texts. College students, under various intentional learning instructions, displayed a repetitive diagnostic pattern. Following extended study they improved recall of important, but not unimportant, elements of texts. Eleventh and twelfth graders conformed to…

Although reading flexibility (readers' adjustment of their reading rates at levels of comprehension beyond the easiest levels) is a term that has appeared in the literature since 1928, no satisfactory test has been devised to measure it. Three problems must be solved first: another measurement than words per minute must be found; readability must…

Systematically incorporated into classroom instruction in word analysis, word sorts provide a sensible alternative to phonics or whole-word approaches and are congruent with the meaning-based direction of today's basal reading programs. A word sort is an activity in which the learner arranges words printed on cards into groups. This technique can…

This report summarizes information regarding populations, methods, evaluation and instructional materials, analyses, and results from three doctoral dissertations that used the Word Attack component of the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development as an instructional and assessment instrument. The first study investigated the assumption that…

This booklet is an evaluation of the use of homework as it contributes to learning. The main contention of the booklet is that as often as possible homework should be in the form of independent study projects and should be interesting and enjoyable rather than boring or overly difficult. It is suggested that homework assignments which are too long…

Designed for use by students in preservice education, by teachers taking extension courses in reading, and as a manual for inservice work in reading instruction, this book explains the major approaches to teaching developmental reading, suggests methods and techniques for implementing different reading programs, and offers practical suggestions…

An illustrative taxonomy for some patterns for initially stressed two-syllable words which can be used in word attack instruction is presented and discussed in this paper. It is designed to be a part of an integrated communication skills program produced by Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL). Examples of word patterns whose primary dimension of…

This paper describes the reading and study skills program at Texas Southern University which operates within the framework of the individualized prescription model. The majority of students enrolled in the program have a composite reading grade equivalent score of ten or below as measured by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. Students are allowed to…

This teaching module concerns acquisition of reading-study (i.e., work-type reading) skills in grades K-6. Such skills include locating information, evaluating material, organizing and summarizing data, returning essentials of what is read, and flexibility (adjusting rate to purpose). Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to…

Despite the traditional problems posed by word pronunciation and etymology, a system of spelling instruction which takes into account some of the following suggestions should prove helpful to teachers at both the elementary and secondary school levels: (1) make children word-conscious--anything which makes the pupil look at and think about a word…

Although it is frequently assumed that students who meet college entrance requirements have mastered basic reading skills, the presence of so many college reading and study skills centers argues that such is not the case. Many college students need help with some basic skills. To provide such help, careful diagnosis of individual abilities is…

The extent to which intralist similarity affects kindergarten pupils' rate of acquisition, word recognition skills, and tendency to generalize responses to similar words was investigated. The subjects were 54 children from a semirural elementary school who had had no formal training in letter recognition. Three acquisition lists were used to…

A study was conducted among deans of instruction in North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes and faculty members and students at Gaston College to determine the need for a study-technique course. Three questionnaires were constructed and distributed to the three groups. The questionnaires elicited information as to the need for…

In an evaluation of the Reading Efficiency course at Windermere Secondary School, the experimental group made greater gains (statistically significant at the .01 level) in the Reading Rate subtest of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test than did the control group. The experimental group also made greater gains than the control group in reading rate on…

This booklet, a title in the International Reading Association's Reading Aids series, is designed for the purpose of providing teachers with practical assistance for teaching reading. The contents include suggestions for elementary and secondary teachers to use in helping students learn how to study textbook material and how to read narrative…