Uses cloze test and readability formulas to determine whether traditional levels of readability are adequate measures of reading comprehension. Bibliography. (MD)

Recommends a program of reading aloud to children to provide motivation and oral language experiences and shows statistically significant evidence of its success with 285 disadvantaged first graders. (MD)

Outlines a study to determine similarities between language structures in English reading materials and oral language patterns familiar to Filipino children and mentions needs for readability studies of second-language materials. Bibliography. (MD)

Directed to the classroom teacher, this paper focuses on three primary aspects of the teaching task at the advanced level: (1) definition of reading skill goals, (2) techniques for reading skill improvement, (3) classroom procedures." (Author/FB)

Three experimental tasks were devised to assess the nature of memory processing limitations in fourth-graders' oral reading comprehension. (Author/MP)

Studies were conducted to determine effects of all-capital text on reading rate and accuracy. Groups were shown text in all-capitals and mixed print. College students read mixed print faster but all-capitals more accurately. Print type did not significantly affect rate or accuracy for sixth graders. Twenty-seven references are provided.…

In experiments with seven- to ten-year-old children, mismatched pictures increased learning of prose that was heard and prose that was read. Presence of pictures mismatched to prose they accompanied had little negative impact on cued recall. Twenty-seven references are provided. (Author)

When Boston, Massachusetts teachers objected to a reading subskills management curriculum adopted by the city, a new elementary school curriculum was developed that emphasized broad general objectives at each level and reading comprehension. Teacher input played an important role in the curriculum effort. (PP)

This replication of research on the development of strategies for studying texts showed that Papua New Guinean university students made the same discrimination between linguistic units of a prose passage as did the original American sample. Intentional study instructions and provision of extended study time, however, had minimal effect on recall…

Reports on a study that examined the effects of decentration training upon second-grade children's responses to reading instruction. Concludes that those who learned to decentrate did better on postinstruction comprehension tests than those who did not learn the technique. (FL)

Presents picture-based and listening-based lessons designed to enhance teachers' awareness of the processes that lead to comprehension and to provide a framework within which they may develop their own lessons for comprehension awareness. (FL)

Concludes that providing the reader with prior structure on which to map incoming material leads to increased comprehension of a related reading. (FL)

Examines research on teacher effectiveness and comprehension instructional strategies and proposes six principles for the development of reading comprehension instructional methods and materials. (FL)