Identifies the concept of reversibility (an awareness of the prior situation after a transformation of shape) as an area of difficulty in the Piagetian concept of transitional conservation. (RB)

The purpose of the study was to determine the longitudinal effects of a Title I reading component on students in grades two through five from 1976 through 1980. The following questions were considered in the analysis of performance among reading participants: (1) Do the same students remain in Title I year after year? (2) Do students who…

The Los Angeles Unified School District has been concerned over the excess testing of elementary school pupils, particularly those who are in special programs. When the Board of Education decided to have yearly testing of pupil progress using a locally developed criterion-referenced test, the intention was to replace a previously used…

This study presents an application of the Rasch equating methodology on a minimum competency testing program in reading and mathematics. Common item equating was performed in two stages to link the 1978-1979 form of the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills tests to the 1977-1978 form. Both fit to the Rasch model and stability of the common item pools…

THROUGH A COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT CONTRACT, THE EVANSVILLE-VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORPORATION IN INDIANA DEVELOPED A SUMMER EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM ACCOMPANIED BY WORKBOOKS FOR PUPILS WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED THE FIRST GRADE AND STUDIED THE PROGRAM'S EFFECT ON THEIR READING ACHIEVEMENT. CONTROL-GROUP TESTING WAS DONE IN 1965, AND…

A STUDY ON THE USE OF THE OCULARMOTOR TRAINER (O.T.) TO IMPROVE READING ACHIEVEMENT, BY LESSENING READING DISABILITY IN LEFT-TO-RIGHT DIRECTION AND RETURN SWEEP, WAS REPORTED. MATCHED PAIRS WERE ESTABLISHED OF 20 PUPILS WHO WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP ASSIGNMENT. THEY RECEIVED READING THERAPY FOR 15 WEEKS. THE…

A study was conducted to ascertain what influence transferring from one school to another had on students from four ethnic groups and on the overall reading achievement scores in ten selected Title I disadvantaged schools over a five-year period. The approximately 700 sixth grade students involved in the study represented Hispanic, Causasian,…

This report presents results of analyses of factors affecting reading achievement of students in grades one through sex in District of Columbia schools as measured by the percentage of objectives mastered on the Prescriptive Reading Test (PRT) and by students' interest in reading for the year 1977-78. It also contains descriptive information about…

Forty-three learning disabled children referred initially between ages 7 and 14 years to a medical outpatient clinic for developmentally disabled children were evaluated and followed for a period of 5 to 7 years after which their level of academic achievement was reassessed. Initial evaluation included pediatric, neurological and developmental…

In this address, the author examines the complex scope of reading achievement, instruction, and research in the United States. The discussion begins with a historical perspective, continues with views of the development of reading as a science and as a profession, and concludes with a discussion of current and future developments in the reading…

Reviewed were 28 research studies which investigated the effect of perceptual-motor programs on the reading achievement of students with average or higher intellectual ability. Despite possible criticisms of some investigations, all studies reviewed were reported to acquaint the reader with the range of available research literature. Of the…

This study investigated the difference in effectiveness in increasing first-grade reading achievement of a traditional reading program in which no words were taught and a program that began with formal reading instruction in preprimers and no reading readiness. The subjects were 137 pupils in six first-grade classes in a middle-class suburban…