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Schofield, Hilary L.; Start, K. B. – 1977
An instrument for measuring teacher attitudes toward reading and the teaching of reading and for relating reading attitudes and achievement within teachers was constructed with 15 concepts measured on ten scales. In 1974, the instrument and a reading achievement test were administered to 317 final-year elementary school student teachers in five…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes
Cook, J. Michael; Welch, Michael W. – 1979
Fifty-three students from six to thirteen years old participated in a study designed to compare the achievement of auditorally and visually deficient learning disabled students under three different treatment methods. Once students were found to meet the study's criteria for learning disabilities, they were further assessed, and 34 students were…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Research, Elementary Education
KIRBY, CLARA L. – 1968
THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER SCORES FROM A CLOZE TEST WOULD DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM SCORES ON SELECTED STANDARDIZED SILENT AND ORAL READING TESTS. PUPILS IN GRADES 1 THROUGH 6 IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MIDWEST (N-178) SERVED AS SUBJECTS. THE MEAN INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT FOR THE TOTAL GROUP WAS 101.7. THE VARIABLES CONSIDERED…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Intelligence Differences
HANSEN, CARL F. – 1963
THREE HYPOTHESES WHICH DOCUMENT THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION ARE INVESTIGATED IN THIS ARTICLE. THE FIRST HYPOTHESIS IS THAT BOTH WHITE AND NEGRO PUPILS NOW ENJOY EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES SUPERIOR TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE UNDER A POLICY OF SEGREGATION. SECONDLY, ON OBJECTIVELY MEASURED SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Educational Opportunities
HARRIS, ALBERT J.; MORRISON, COLEMAN
THIS STUDY IS PART OF THE CRAFT READING PROJECT OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH IS INVESTIGATING THE READING PROGRESS OF DISADVANTAGED URBAN NEGRO CHILDREN. IN THE PRESENT STUDY, CHILDREN IN GRADES ONE, TWO, AND THREE, WITH AND WITHOUT PREVIOUS KINDERGARTEN EXPERIENCE, WERE TAUGHT READING BY TWO BASIC METHODS, EACH DIVIDED INTO TWO…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
MORRILL, KATHERINE A. – 1965
AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 18 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM FIVE SCHOOLS WAS RELEASED 1/2 DAY TWICE EACH MONTH FOR A SERIES OF DISCUSSION MEETINGS WITH THE READING CONSULTANT. A CONTROL GROUP OF 17 FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS FROM THE OTHER FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE SAME DISTRICT WAS EXPOSED TO THE TYPICAL CONSULTANT SITUATION -- HELP GIVEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Inservice Education
Los Angeles City Schools, CA. Research and Development Section. – 1968
This volume contains evaluation reports for 1967-68 secondary-school activities in the Los Angeles Unified School District, funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Included are all activities which continued through the school year or extended into the 1968 summer session. Some 32 activities were carried out in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Communication Skills, Counseling, Cultural Enrichment
Buktenica, Norman A. – 1967
This study investigates the relationship between auditory and visual acuity and the learning of first grade reading and spelling. It was the aim of this study (1) to clarify the relationship between auditory and visual perception; (2) to investigate the ability of subjects to read and spell when, and if, differences exist in the perceptual…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Grade 1, Lower Class
Brickner, Ann; And Others – 1968
Evaluation of Cycles R-40 of the Listen Look Learn Multi-Media Communication Skills System (LLL) is reported. Data were gathered from 26 schools through item analysis of pupil workbook responses, summation of teacher evaluations, and standardized tests. Subjects were first graders in 28 LLL classes and in 28 control classes, using basal reading…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Basic Reading, Educational Testing, Grade 1
Curtis, Richard J. – Florida Schools, 1968
The effect of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) on education in Florida is discussed. It is stated that skills, especially in reading, attendance, promotion rate, and the attitudes have improved among children in ESEA programs. The opportunities made available by ESEA in conjunction with other Federal education programs have…
Descriptors: Attendance, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1976
This report describes the naturally occurring variations in time allocated to reading instruction in eight grade-five classes selected as part of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study. Students completed a set of reading tests in early and late fall and teachers maintained records of instructional time allocated, setting, and content covered.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Measurement Techniques
Fisher, Charles W.; And Others – 1976
This report describes a field study of the relationship between instructional time and student achievement in nine grade-two classrooms. Amounts of time allocated to reading and to instructional settings are described for a 40-day instructional period. Student "engaged time" was also measured for a 10-day period. Relationships between…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Grade 2, Measurement Techniques, Primary Education
Brantley, Verna Lee – 1976
Relationships among teacher and pupil self-concepts and pupil reading achievement were investigated in a sample of 239 first-grade pupils and the 17 teachers assigned to them. Results from pretesting and posttesting indicated that a positive relationship existed among changes in certain elements of pupil self-concept (self-acceptance, social…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Performance Factors
Worner, Michael Stephen – 1976
This study sought to determine the reading proficiency of fourth-grade children in North Dakota and to ascertain the assistance that was provided for disabled readers by the schools and by classroom teachers. A sample of 2,069 fourth graders in 57 North Dakota school districts participated in the study. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Lorge…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Johnson, Edith Curtice – 1976
Approximately 100 first-grade pupils participated in a study of the effects of art-learning strategies on perceptual development and reading achievement. Pupils were assigned to one of four conditions: a sequential program of art-learning experiences, the Frostig program for the development of visual perception, a combination of these two…
Descriptors: Art Education, Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Perceptual Development
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