The purpose of this study was to investigate possible relationships between the composite set of variables, father's occupational level, sex, reading, achievement, intelligence, basic vocabulary, and the criterion, social studies vocabulary. The study attempted to determine differences in basic and technical vocabularies. It also attempted to…

After training in a direct instructional program can teacher aides teach cognitive skills in reading and arithmetic as competently as do classroom teachers who have been similarly trained? The subjects in this investigation were part of the Englemann-Becker Follow Through Program, an academic program for disadvantaged children in the early…

Many behavioral theorists have suggested that self-directed activity is central to the learning process (e.g., Dewey, Piaget, Wertheimer). Accordingly, it was predicted that such activity bears a significant positive relationship to the quantity, quality, and variety of responses in a reading lesson. Moreover, it was expected that selected…

Of 10 participating inner-city school teachers, five used a modified basal series, and five used the language experience approach for reading instruction. Monthly training sessions were held, and the Medley and Smith's Observation Scale and Rating-Reading was used to lend objectivity to the monthly observations of each teacher. The following…

The latest thinking on reading rate and flexibility is discussed in this paper. Included are highlights of the recently completed reading rate portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The current state of knowledge is assessed and promising research and useful writings in English and Spanish are cited. (Author/WR) Aspect of…

This investigator found and reviewed fifty-one studies reported in the literature on individualized reading between 1937 and 1971. Of this number, forty of these studies were controlled at least to the extent of using control groups. In twenty-four cases the results favored the individualized reading group. Only one author reported higher reading…

The relation between first grade teachers' stated confidence in the predictability of reading readiness test scores and their pupils' achievement in beginning reading was the basis of this study. The experiment required (1) a survey of 341 first grade teachers to obtain a measure of their stated confidence in reading readiness test scores as…

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…

The general emphasis of Project LONGSTEP was on the identification of changes in student achievement that occur as a result of exposure to intensive educational innovation. The purpose of the analyses conducted for this supplement to Volume I of the Project LONGSTEP final report was (1) to ascertain if the trends observed and discussed in Volume I…

This study attempted to determine the effects of a twice-weekly, four-month-long, cross-age tutoring program on children's reading achievement levels and self-concepts. A total of 240 students, stratified by grade and sex, were randomly assigned to four experimental groups. Within each group, students were matched by grade: grade four with grade…

Suggests grouping by social patterns as well as ability patterns. (MKM)

A questionnaire measuring child-rearing attitudes was completed by 214 parents of children seen at a learning disabilities center. (SBH)

Reports findings for the relationship of the amount of instructional time in reading received by elementary school students in four New York state school districts to their gains in scores on the California Achievement Test and the "Criterion Referenced Test" prepared by the New York State Department of Education. (AA)

Uses the Bloom model of development to examine the relationship between family environment and reading performance over a 4-year period. Subjects were 3 cohorts of English children with mean ages of 7, 8, and 11 years at the time of the initial testing. (BD)