TO UNCOVER BASIC PERCEPTUAL AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES POSSIBLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DIFFERENCES IN READING ACHIEVEMENT, TWO STRATIFIED SAMPLES OF 60 ABOVE- AND BELOW-AVERAGE READERS WERE SELECTED FROM THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF 5,612 CHILDREN COMPLETING FIRST GRADE IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA. THE GROUPS WERE MATCHED ACCORDING TO SEX, SCHOOL, GROUP…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FREQUENCY OF READING DISABILITY CASES COULD BE MARKEDLY DECREASED (A) BY A CAREFUL DIAGNOSIS OF THE CHILD'S READING READINESS AND GENERAL SCHOOL READINESS AND (B) BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN APPROPRIATE TEACHING SITUATION FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHOSE DIAGNOSIS INDICATED POTENTIAL READING AND WRITING…

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENT IN BASAL READING SKILLS BY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, INTELLECTUALLY NORMAL, AND SUPERIOR PUPILS TAUGHT WITH THE SCOTT, FORESMAN NEW BASIC READERS PROGRAM AT READING INSTRUCTIONAL LEVELS 2, 3, 4, AND 5 IS REPORTED. SPECIFIC RESEARCH OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO IDENTIFY SEQUENCES AMONG BASAL READING SKILLS IN FIVE…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUAL AND AUDITORY SINGULAR MODAL RESPONSES AND MODAL SHIFTING BEHAVIOR TO READING ACHIEVEMENT WITH CONTROL FOR SUCH VARIABLES AS INTELLIGENCE, AGE, SEX, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. SUBJECTS WERE 120 SECOND, FOURTH, AND SIXTH GRADERS FROM PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.…

TWO STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AUDITORY SKILLS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND READING ACHIEVEMENT. THE EFFECT OF A DEVELOPMENTAL AUDITORY TRAINING PROGRAM ON READING ACHIEVEMENT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT EVALUATIVE PROCEDURES FOR AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL SKILLS WERE ALSO TESTED. SIXTY-FOUR…

FOUR HYPOTHESES WERE INVESTIGATED IN A STUDY DESIGNED TO DISCOVER WHETHER READING PATTERNS AND SUCCESS DURING CHILDREN'S PRIMARY YEARS COULD BE ANTICIPATED FROM EMOTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS DETERMINED DURING THEIR PRESCHOOL YEARS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES DURING PRESCHOOL YEARS WOULD HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY LEARNING…

DATA SECURED FROM SECOND GRADERS INVOLVED IN A COMPARISON OF THE USE OF THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA) AND OF TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY WHILE IN THE FIRST GRADE ARE REPORTED. IN THE SECOND GRADE, 132 EXPERIMENTAL PUPILS TAUGHT BY ITA AND 123 CONTROL PUPILS TAUGHT WITH TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY WERE AVAILABLE FOR STUDY. A COMPARISON WAS MADE BY…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BEGINNING THE TEACHING OF READING IN KINDERGARTEN. THE LONGITUDINAL EFFECTS AS WELL AS THE INITIAL RESULTS WERE EXAMINED. THE PROGRESS OF THE CHILDREN IN THE STUDY WAS FOLLOWED FROM THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THE FIFTH GRADE. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 4,000 KINDERGARTEN PUPILS RANDOMLY ASSIGNED BY THE…

The individualized developmental reading laboratory program described in this monograph was designed to supplement regular reading instruction in grades four and five. Information is provided on the instructional procedures used in the program, with emphasis on instruction given through teacher comments written in individual students' folders.…

This booklet contains transcripts of two radio programs on the teaching of reading that were coproduced by the National Public Radio and the Institute for Educational Leadership of the George Washington University. The first transcript emphasizes the child's readiness and motivation in learning to read and provides an overview of children's…

The Project RISE (Reading Individualized in Special Education) program undertaken by the Austin (Texas) Independent School District collected and analyzed data on the reading achievement of junior high school special education students. A random sample of 256 such students was given several measures of reading achievement. Demographic information…

This guide presents a classroom problem solving model designed to help teachers conduct their own classroom research. It suggests developing a procedure for identifying the instructional problems influencing reading achievement. The model is presented in steps that can be used independently or in concert with other steps. Practice activities are…

This exercise set provides access to the 134 items released from the first National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessment conducted in 1970-71 with students aged 9, 13, and 17. The exercises are intended for use by state and local education agencies who may want to build their own assessment instruments. An overview of the…

Ten reading skills were selected to represent literal, interpretive, and critical reading. An objective test was constructed for each of eight skills, and published tests were used for the remaining two. Complete data were available on 220 upper intermediate children. Using a series of multiple regression analyses it was concluded that a…

This document, prepared by the Evaluation System of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia, is the technical report of the results of analyses of factors affecting reading achievement for elementary students for the year 1976-77. The chapters include a discussion of the purpose and scope of the study; the methodology used; characteristics…