To ascertain whether subjects with similar behavior profiles also showed similar psychoeducational problems, 108 emotionally disturbed boys (aged 9 to 14 years) were studied. Teachers rated the behavior of children in their classes using the Quay Behavior Problem Checklist; subjects were also given achievement and intelligence tests. Seven…

The relationship between visual and auditory performance and reading achievement came under scrutiny in this study. It was thought that both poor and average readers would perform better on auditory tasks than on visual ones but that this discrepancy would be considerably greater for the poor or retarded reader. Seventy-two children from grades 1,…

This study attempted to estimate by objective means the level of sophistication of high school students' interest in fiction and to determine the degree to which sophistication was related to selected personality factors and to sex, age, intelligence, and reading achievement. A scale was developed to measure sophistication of reading interests; a…

All of the studies reported in A. Sterl Artley's Trends and Practices in Secondary School Reading: A Report on Recent Research are cited and abstracted in this companion bibliography to that monograph. The entries are classified into the same categories used in the monograph: (1) Status of Reading Achievement, (2) Factors Related to Continued…

This study was designed to ascertain whether the self-acceptance of second grade Chicano children could be improved by incorporating into the curriculum selected activities which reflected characteristics of each child to himself and by adding a supplementary language experience approach to reading. Subjects included 91 children from two…

The objectives presented in this booklet are those that were prepared for the second assessment in the area of reading. The objectives are only one step in the total National Assessment project and provide the foundation upon which the exercises are based. The contents include "Development of Revised Reading Objectives," which presents a…

Both the remediation of reading deficiencies and the alleviation of severely deviant behaviors are necessary for the proper social and emotional development of the child and for his normal academic achievement. A successful reading program for children with behavior problems provides for daily success. Initial and continued teacher reinforcement…

The Executive Summary contained in this volume is intended to offer to Congress, agency officials, and the general public an initial descriptive assessment of school-based sites in the National Right to Read Program and to report on the study made in the areas of reading instruction and acquisition by Contemporary Research Incorporated (CRI) in…

This book, volume two of a four-volume report of 44 school-based sites in the National Right to Read Program, documents the reading gains made by the students. Statistical data on reading test scores are charted by grade level and by total school for each of the sites involved. The same statistics are included on an across-site comparative basis.…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a significant difference in the self-concept scores of first-grade children receiving self-concept training and those not receiving such training; whether there is a difference in the reading achievement scores of first-grade children receiving self-concept training and those not…

This paper has two main purposes. First, it examines verbal, nonverbal, reading, mathematical, and general informational achievement. Second, it estimates the achievement equations of a simultaneous equations model of the educational process. The report, "Equality of Educational Opportunity," (EEOR) acted as a watershed for research into…

The purposes of this study were to investigate possible relationships between haptic abilities and first grade reading achievement and to determine whether significant differences in haptic function existed among defined subgroups of first grade subjects. Ninety-nine subjects, stratified by both sex and risk of failure (a combination of reading…

This paper reports on a Humboldt County School District project aimed at identifying solutions to pupils' reading deficiencies. The contents include: "Project Procedure Summary," which lists eight program objectives, procedures for implementation of the objectives, and evaluation of the objectives; "Evaluation Summary," which…

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of exposure to and study of good literature on a child's ability to create written stories. Eighteen classes of fourth and sixth graders were divided into two experimental groups and one control group. One experimental group listened to selected books read aloud and participated in teacher led…

A major purpose of the 1972-73 evaluation of school-based Right to Read sites was to provide a comprehensive description of the reading program at each school. Volume 3 (parts 1, 2, and 3) describes reading programs in terms of school, student, and teacher characteristics. Additionally, all program variables that characterized each site are…