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Balser, Elizabeth Ann – 1976
This study examined the relationships between the reading achievement of college students, the readability of the textbooks they used, and college achievement. Measures included reading-grade levels from the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, functional reading levels as measured by cloze scores, Dale-Chall readability estimates for textbooks used by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education
Download full textFarr, Beverly P. – 1975
High school juniors and seniors participated in three studies of the effects of a thematic organizer on passage comprehension. Comprehension was measured using a cloze procedure in the first study and using a passage-reproduction task in the second and third studies. A thematic organizer (material presented to provide a context for the passage)…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Language Research, Prose, Reading Comprehension
McPhail, Irving P. – 1976
This study investigated test-wiseness in a sample of urban high school seniors. Fifty-four academically talented black and minority students were matched on reading comprehension scores from the California Achievement Tests and were assigned to cells in a seven-group, before/after design. Specially constructed forms of the 1973 Iowa Silent Reading…
Descriptors: Grade 12, Minority Groups, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension
Lesgold, Alan M.; Danner, Frederick – 1976
In order to understand the process of reading, it is important to determine how strings of letters are perceived. This study tests the hypothesis that units of visual perception may include pairs of letters and perhaps even high-frequency, monosyllabic trigrams (three-letter sequences). Participants were asked to report the names of either single…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, College Students, Decoding (Reading), Reading Processes
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading, Reading
Peer reviewedAxelrod, Jerome – Reading Horizons, 1976
Supports the view that in testing phonics knowledge, it is important to use non-sense syllables. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High Schools, Phonics
Peer reviewedQuirk, Thomas J.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1976
Describes what students do during remedial reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedMorrison, Coleman; Austin, Mary C. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Describes changes occurring in preservice reading programs in schools of education during the last decade. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedMarzano, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedJohnson, Dale D. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedHittleman, Daniel R.; Robinson, H. Alan – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Descriptors: Grade 9, Readability, Reading Materials, Reading Research
Peer reviewedAulls, Mark W. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Memory, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Suggests grouping by social patterns as well as ability patterns. (MKM)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedValtin, Renate – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Discusses frequently overlooked faults in the research methodology used to investigate dyslexia and suggests alternative methods for future work. (AA)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Literature Reviews, Reading Difficulty, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedHarris, Albert J. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1978
Extends and comments upon Valtin's criticisms and suggestions concerning methodological problems in research on dyslexia. (AA)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Literature Reviews, Reading Difficulty, Reading Processes
