A study was undertaken to develop an evaluation procedure that could be used to analyze the cognitive requirements of instructional materials used to teach beginning reading. The study involved four phases. The first phase, an examination of the literature in order to create a basis for the development of assessment procedures, included an…

Noting the importance of a relaxed atmosphere, the availability of all kinds of reading materials, and an unpressured, out-in-the-open approach to measuring student progress, this paper describes the activities and resources that constitute a successful high school reading program. The discussion focuses on the types of books, diagnosis,…

The purpose of this paper is to make classroom teachers on all educational levels aware of the limitations of readability formulas and the factors affecting readability that are not accounted for by the readability formulas. delineated in discussions of readability formula assumptions, problems, and limitations. Some of the specific factors that…

ALTHOUGH CAUTIOUS TRADITIONALISM, TEXT AVAILABILITY, LITERARY VALUE, AND PREFERRED LANGUAGE USAGE APPEAR TO FAVOR USING READING TEXTS BASED ON 19TH-CENTURY CLASSICS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE COURSES, AMERICAN STUDENTS, WHO IN THEIR CAREERS WILL NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CURRENT GENERATION IN RUSSIA, WILL FIND AN EXPOSURE TO MODERN READINGS MORE…

A total of 29 teachers and 227 elementary school students participated in a study that examined teachers' judgments of their students' reading preferences as indicated by book selections. Children were asked to choose books they would like to read from a list of book descriptions. Teachers were then asked to predict their selections. Results…

The author's analysis of reading material content of second language texts examines achievement of graphemic-phonemic contrasts, sequence of association in the process of reading, and control of sounds, grammar, subject matter, and cultural content. Because the orthography-sound association skill cannot be separated from the sound-meaning skill,…

To demonstrate how well-selected literature of the second language can play an important role in the curriculum of the fourth-and fifth-year high school School Spanish course and reinforce language learning, an outline for an analysis of the poem "Dedalo" by Jaime Torres Bodet is presented. Steps in this analysis include explanations of the…

The practice of teaching reading should be based on the nature and dignity of human beings. The major problem in the study of reading is that the reading model on which pedagogy is based is inconsistent with this view of persons. The view that reading is a skills-determined, linear process in which readers decode, process, and retrieve information…

A report on the Adult Basic Education teacher-training institute held at Mississippi State University, July 21-August 8, 1969, contains edited presentations of several of the instructional consultants, the contents of the final reports of the four work-study groups, and the results of an extensive evaluation of the institute. Areas covered were:…

The study sought to determine the role of transition literature in the English language arts curriculum as practiced in Indiana junior and senior high schools in grades 7-10. The study was limited to a random sampling among 211 Indiana senior high schools and their feeder junior high schools. Both language arts teachers and students were…

This revision of Ralph Perkin's "Book Selection Media" (1967 edition) expands by almost half that edition, with much of the material from the earlier edition being retained and updated. (See ED 017 506 for earlier edition entitled "Book Selection Media, A Descriptive Guide to 170 Aids for Selecting Library Materials.") In…

The Leisure Reading Selection Guide is part of an effort by the Appalachian Adult Education Cetner to aid librarians and adult basic education personnel in the selection of materials for undereducated adults. It is a listing of those leisure reading materials most frequently used by adult learners in four Appalachian Adult Education Center…

Stories relating to life experiences were tape-recorded in an informal setting using natural language patterns and familiar topics in this study of peer-prepared reading materials for black adults. Three of the stories were written at different levels of difficulty according to the Automated Readability Index (ARI). The stories were presented to a…

The major premise of this book is the reaffirmation of the concept that skill and interest in reading are interdependent and inseparable and that neither goal is reached unless both are pursued simultaneously. Part I identifies problems involved in improving reading guidance programs and describes the forces and factors that influence the reader…

A look at college reading/study skills programs reveals the haphazard preparation of practitioners trained in child-oriented theory from which they are supposed to extrapolate methods applicable to adult populations. And since reading is often under the auspices of the English department, teachers are inclined to be trained primarily in…