COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR READING PROBLEMS AND SOME MATERIALS WHICH MIGHT BE USED TO UPGRADE READING SKILLS ARE DISCUSSED. PROBLEMS IN LANGUAGE ARTS INCLUDE THE LACK OF SKILL IN STUDYING, LISTENING, WRITING, SPEAKING, AND DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING THE UNDERLYING CONCEPTS OF SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY. PERSONAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS ANXIETY ASSOCIATED…

PROJECT LITERACY IS A GROUP OF COOPERATING RESEARCHERS WHO PLAN THEIR RESEARCH TOGETHER AND MAKE THEIR FINDINGS RAPIDLY AVAILABLE FOR SMALL-SCALE TRYOUTS. IN THIS WAY, ADVANCES BOTH IN BASIC EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE CAN BE PROMOTED. THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS HAVE GUIDED A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS AT CORNELL--READING INVOLVES…

AN EVALUATION OF THE I/T/A READING PROGRAM AT THE LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF I/T/A INSTRUCTION IN READING AND VARIOUS AREAS OF LANGUAGE ARTS. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 93 PUPILS WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF I/T/A INSTRUCTION GIVEN. ONE GROUP HAD 1 1/2…

A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE NASHVILLE COOPERATIVE READING PROJECT DATA IS REPORTED. TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF FAMILY-HOME VARIABLES ON READING ACHIEVEMENT, THE PEABODY CULTURAL OPPORTUNITY SCALE WAS GIVEN TO DISADVANTAGED FIRST GRADERS IN 12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SERVING THE LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. OBJECTIVE DATA WERE GATHERED ON…

SEX DIFFERENCES IN READING ACHIEVEMENT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PHONOVISUAL METHOD OF READING INSTRUCTION IN GRADES 1 TO 3 WHEN USED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATE-ADOPTED CO-BASAL READING SERIES WERE STUDIED IN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. SUBJECTS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL (60 IN GRADE 1, 68 IN GRADE 2, 54 IN GRADE 3) WERE…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT UPON WORD RECOGNITION AND READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF FOUR READING PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS VARIED IN (1) THE DEGREE OF REGULARITY OF GRAPHEME-PHONEME CORRESPONDENCES PROGRAMED INTO THE VOCABULARY PRESENTED AND (2) THE EMPHASIS ON LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AS RELATED TO MEANING. FOUR…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE READING LEVEL OF A CHILD WHO HAS A SEVERE READING PROBLEM CAN BE RAISED BY USING AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM CALLED "READING HABILITATION." THIS IS A SYSTEM OF UNISON READING IN WHICH THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR READ ALOUD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT A RAPID RATE. THE METHOD IS AIMED AT…

Three concurrent validity studies were conducted to determine the relationship between performances on formative measures of reading and standardized achievement measures of reading. Correlational analyses for five formative measures and three standardized measures provided evidence for the validity of Words in Isolation, Words in Context, and…

An analysis of the assessment results and general findings of a statewide assessment in reading conducted in Hawaii in 1975 is presented in this report. Chapters provide a perspective on the assessment program, the preparation of the statewide assessment, the methodology used, the procedures for data analysis, and the results and findings of…

Successful reading comprehension lessons given to primary grade children seem to incorporate the following four elements: (1) Two-thirds of lesson time is spent on the direct instruction of comprehension. (2) The major teaching strategy used is one in which the children's background knowledge of the text is explored first, before the text is read…

Subjects were ninth graders in a highly competitive midwestern suburban school. All subjects had attended school in the district for their entire education. The "average" group of 49 students was compared with the "high ability" group of 124 students. Results were analyzed to determine whether differences were statistically…

A sample of 188 freshman students was tested for ability in seven areas of reading, prior to the beginning of the academic year; their scores were later related to the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) for their freshman year. Significant correlations were found between CGPA and vocabulary, reflective comprehension, total comprehension, and…

Five hundred second-grade pupils participated in a study of the effect of the Allain Color Pack reading system on reading achievement. Subjects were divided into equal treatment and control groups; each group was stratified according to low, average, and high reading ability determined on the basis of pretests of vocabulary and comprehension. The…

A study of 74 elementary classrooms in Chicago was undertaken to see how the management and organization of instruction impinge on student involvement during reading instruction. The objectives were to determine whether student attention was higher when the teacher directed instruction to the entire room than when the teacher directed instruction…

Eighteen first grade students participated in a study to determine if reading achievement would be significantly higher for children who experienced reading-while-listening to children's literature as an enrichment activity than for children who did not have a similar experience. The children were divided into two treatment groups of equal size.…