The paper describes the theoretical background, implementation and preliminary results of the Chicago Mastery Learning/Learning Strategies reading program for upper elementary school students. Reading research and learning strategies research are pulled together to support the argument that the teaching of diverse learning strategies can improve…

Both research about what teachers do that makes a difference in pupil learning and observation of teaching practices give information about what is effective and helpful in teaching reading. Research shows that effective teachers spend more time in task-related activities and less time dealing with matters unrelated to course content. They…

This paper on readability begins with a brief discussion of comprehension, including a definition, and then lists factors that influence comprehension, such as knowledge of vocabulary, long passages that are ambiguous, digressions, and unnecessary restatements. The paper then explores readability and presents a graph for estimating readability and…

Twenty children between six and nine years of age and of average or above average intelligence were used in a study to determine whether methods that restrict pupil participation to visual attention or oral response are of more or less value in attempts to recognize words than methods that involve activity with the hands, such as tracing or…

First grade students practiced reading ten unfamiliar function words; half studied the words embedded in printed sentences and half studied the words in unstructured lists and then listened to sentences comprised of the words. Posttest measures revealed that those who studied the sentences learned more about the syntactic/semantic identities of…

A teacher center emphasizing reading-oriented experiences would have a substantial effect on how educators teach reading. The need for such a center is reflected in the widely held belief that competent teaching of reading provides students with opportunities for success in most curricular areas. Planning an effective teaching center with a…

This report details the research and development effort to examine the feasibility of teaching the phonics segment of the Navy's Academic Remedial Training program by computer driven voice synthesizer. The criterion for feasibility was that the computer-assisted course produce ART graduates who read as well as students who receive a comparable…

READING IS A HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED MATTER, AND EACH CHILD DIFFERS FROM EVERY OTHER IN HIS ABILITY TO READ. THE UNDERSTANDING TEACHER OF ANY GROUP OF CHILDREN RECOGNIZES THE WIDE DIFFERENCES IN READING ABILITY AND WORKS TO HELP EACH CHILD SUCCEED IN TERMS OF HIS CAPACITY. ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED METHODS OF TEACHING READING INVOLVES DIVIDING THE…

A PHILOSOPHY OF READING IS PRESENTED WHICH CONSIDERS THE COMPONENTS OF THE READING ACT, THE PURPOSES OF READING, AND THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNIQUES THAT PROMISE GREATER READER GROWTH. A PHILOSOPHY OF READING IS CONCERNED WITH THE NATURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, A PHILOSOPHY OF READING MUST…

DATA RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING THREE QUESTIONS WERE DRAWN FROM 27 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES COMPRISING THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM IN FIRST-GRADE READING INSTRUCTION--(1) TO WHAT EXTENT ARE VARIOUS PUPIL, TEACHER, CLASS, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO ACHIEVEMENT IN FIRST-GRADE READING AND SPELLING, (2) WHICH APPROACH TO INITIAL…

THIS TEXT IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF THREE CLOSELY INTEGRATED VOLUMES FOR TEACHING SPOKEN CHINESE TO SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE LEVEL. THE TWENTY DIALOGS WHICH FORM THE CORE MATERIAL OF THIS BOOK WERE FIRST RECORDED AND THEN TRANSCRIBED AND EDITED IN PINYIN ROMANIZATION. THUS, THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EVERYDAY TOPICS ARE…

A PROGRAM PROVIDING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READERS IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, IS DESCRIBED. THE ORGANIZATION AND MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTION INCLUDE EXTENDED READINESS, BASAL INSTRUCTION, REMEDIATION IN GRADES 3, 4, 5, AND 6, AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTION. INSERVICE TRAINING, GRADING, EVALUATION AND PROBLEM AREAS ARE DISCUSSED. A SHORT…

PROFICIENCY IN CRITICAL READING CAN BE ACCELERATED BY MAKING STUDENTS AWARE OF VARIOUS SEMANTIC DEVICES THAT HELP CLARIFY MEANINGS AND PURPOSES. EXCERPTS FROM THE ARTICLE "TEEN-AGE CORRUPTION" FROM THE NINTH-GRADE SEMANTICS UNIT WRITTEN BY THE PROJECT ENGLISH DEMONSTRATION CENTER AT EUCLID, OHIO, ARE USED TO ILLUSTRATE HOW SEMANTICS RELATE TO…

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND A SATELLITE PROGRAM OF THE READING AND STUDY SKILLS LABORATORY WAS CONDUCTED AT THE DELTA PHI EPSILON SORORITY HOUSE. AT THE SORORITY'S REQUEST, SPECIAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A CONTROLLED READER, A TACHISTOSCOPE, A TAPE RECORDER WITH TAPES ON ALL PHASES OF THE READING PROGRAM, AND THE POWER AND RATE BUILDERS UNIT OF THE…

THE INITIAL PHASE IS TO SEEK THE SYNTACTIC PATTERNS MOST COMMONLY USED IN THE SUBJECTS' VERBAL COMMUNICATION. THESE COMMON PATTERNS ARE REFERRED TO AS STRUCTURAL VOCABULARY. ONCE LEARNED, THESE WORDS PROVIDE SYNTACTIC SUPPORT TO AID THE STUDENT IN THE RECOGNITION OF OTHER WORDS WITHIN SENTENCE ORDER. ADULTS NEED IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION OF THEIR…