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Peer reviewedEstes, Thomas H.; Vaughan, Joseph L., Jr. – Reading Teacher, 1973
Argues that interest is as potent a factor in reading comprehension as is difficulty, calling for a serious reconsideration and revision of both the philosophy and strategy of the Informal Reading Inventory. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedBetts, Emmett Albert – Journal of Reading, 1973
A brief glance at traditional orthographies and the initial teaching alphabet points up the need for spelling reform. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Primary Education
Peer reviewedBritton, Gwyneth E. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Sixteen reading series are analyzed for sexual stereotyping, citing the limited career roles depicted and the dearth of reading materials provided for females. (RB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary Education, Females, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedGleitman, Lila R.; Rozin, Paul – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
Research shows that a simple 23 element syllabary can be acquired with ease by innercity and suburban kindergartners. See related article by Kenneth S. Goodman, CS 705 852. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Phonemes
Peer reviewedGoodman, Kenneth S. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1973
Challenges the basis for the Gleitman-Rozin recommendation that children can be taught to read English as a syllabary. See related article by Lila R. Gleitman and Paul Rozin, CS 705 851. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Ideography, Language Proficiency, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedThomas, Jerry R.; Chissom, Brad S. – Psychology in the Schools, 1973
Within the limitations of this study it has been demonstrated that: (1) the Shape-O Ball Test is a good predictor of both objective and subjective measures of academic ability; (2) objective measures of academic ability are significantly related to subjective measures of academic ability; and (3) the objective measures used in this study can be…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Predictive Measurement, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedMaxwell, Martha J. – Reading World, 1973
Describes the results of a preliminary investigation of skapa, a simple, three-step procedure for analyzing cognitive aspects of skimming and speed reading. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation, Educational Philosophy, Literacy
Peer reviewedCline, Terry A. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedTillman, Chester E. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Programs, Grade Point Average, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedEvanechko, Peter; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Competence, Reading Achievement, Reading Readiness
Downing, John – Literacy Discussion, 1972
Discusses scientific research on the orthography factor in literacy acquisition. First, an i. t. a. experiment was carried out in Britain, and the second study was a comparision of literacy acquisition in 14 different countries. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Guidance, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Literacy, Orthographic Symbols
Peer reviewedRupley, William H. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Educational Resources, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedAlspaugh, John; Burge, Paul – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
Study reports an analysis of basic assumptions underlying the Mental Grade and Years in School methods for determining reading expectancy. (Authors)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Expectation, Intelligence, Measurement Instruments
Ryan, Ellen Bouchard; Semmel, Melvyn I. – Literacy Discussion, 1972
Correspondences between printed and spoken messages are seen to be based on meaning; expectancies about syntax and semantics lead the reader to form hypotheses which can be confirmed or not with only a small portion of cues available in the text. (Author)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Davis, David C. – Elementary English, 1972
Author defines five communication systems: graphic code, idea code, word code, alphabetical code, and electronetic code. Illustrative slides are available at cost from the author. (SP)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Basic Reading, Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer)
