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Download full textAu, Kathryn H.; Speidel, Gisela E. – 1974
This report summarizes research related to the use of a conventional basal reading program with students in the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP). Results of instruction were measured by the number of objectives gained each quarter, the total number of objectives gained, the number of lessons taken for each objective, and scores on the…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Consonants, Conventional Instruction
Lamiell-Landy, Ann; And Others – 1978
This is the executive report of a study which evaluated the Television Reading Project, an instructional program based upon current television programs designed to increase reading skills of students. The major goals of the evaluation were to assess the effects of the project on reading skills, acceptance of the materials by teachers and students,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials, Program Evaluation
Powers, Stephen; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1980
Test scores for fall and spring administrations for two consecutive years for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I students in the Tucson Unified School District are presented and compared. The students were given out-of-level tests: the 138 seventh-grade students and 106 eighth-grade students were given Level 2 of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Testing, Junior High Schools, Longitudinal Studies
Flor, Romaine A. – 1980
Twenty-one studies of the effectiveness of various grouping plans for elementary reading instruction are reviewed in this paper. Following the review, the studies are summarized according to the grade level with which they dealt, and conclusions are drawn regarding the most effective grouping plans. Among the conclusions reported are: (1) no one…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping
Dutka, Julia To – 1979
The relationship between anaphoric nominal substitution and reading comprehension was studied. The Diagnostic Reading Test and the Substitution Test were administered to 80 college juniors, seniors, and graduate students in teacher certification courses, and to 92 college freshmen seeking assistance in improving their reading skills. Positive and…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Higher Education, Language Patterns
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
This is a report on the results of the Citywide Reading Test administered in June, 1979, in the elementary, intermediate and junior high schools of New York City. The testing instruments used were the California Achievement Tests. Section A of this report presents information on pupil performance for the school system as a whole. Section B…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1973
This study was conducted to investigate the comparative effects of homogeneous versus heterogeneous ability grouping on the reading achievement of slow learners in the first two elementary grades. Pretest and posttest scores obtained on the Metropolitan Reading Readiness Tests indicated that the type of grouping had no effect on the reading…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping
JUSTMAN, JOSEPH – 1965
CHANGES IN ACADEMIC APTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES OF PUPILS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS IN NEW YORK CITY WERE INVESTIGATED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER VARYING DEGREES OF MOBILITY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH VARIATION IN CHANGES IN TEST SCORES. THE CUMULATIVE RECORD CARDS OF SIXTH-GRADE PUPILS WERE EXAMINED TO…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth
FRY, MAURINE; MUEHL, SIEGMAR – 1966
THE RESULTS OF A FOLLOWUP INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PERSISTENCE OF LEFT-LATERAL TENDENCIES OF A GROUP OF CHILDREN WAS RELATED TO FIRST-GRADE READING PERFORMANCE ARE REPORTED. THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION AT THE PRESCHOOL LEVEL INCLUDED 64 SUBJECTS. FORTY SUBJECTS REMAINED IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGH FIRST GRADE FOR THE FOLLOWUP…
Descriptors: Achievement, Arithmetic, Early Reading, Eye Hand Coordination
SCHNEYER, J. WESLEY; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO APPROACHES FOR TEACHING READING TO FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN AT HIGH, AVERAGE, AND LOW ABILITY SCORE LEVELS WAS INVESTIGATED, AND THE VARIABLES THAT DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW ACHIEVERS UNDER BOTH APPROACHES WERE COMPARED. THE TWO APPROACHES WERE--(1) THE FRIES LINGUISTIC METHOD, AND (2) THE SCOTT, FORESMAN…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Basic Reading, Child Development, Grade 1
Doyle, Mary J. – 1980
The degree to which good and poor high school readers comprehend prose was studied in relation to their ability to (1) use passage organization to facilitate comprehension; (2) use task instructions to facilitate comprehension; and (3) answer verbatim and paraphrase items used to measure comprehension. Eleventh grade students were given the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Context Clues, Grade 11, High Schools
Olson, Carol – 1978
A study was conducted to examine the comprehension process of ten proficient fourth grade readers as they read a story within a particular instructional environment. The instructional environment was designed to provide for background experiences, purpose for reading, and purposeful feedback. Results indicated that the subjects constructed a great…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, High Achievement, Psycholinguistics
The Child's Concept of Reading: Its Relationship with Cognitive Development and Reading Achievement.
Fletcher, Patricia M. – 1977
Twenty second grade students were tested to determine the possible relationships between concrete operations and reading and between cognitive clarity and reading achievement. The subjects performed six Piagetian conservation tasks and four tasks on cognitive clarity. Reading achievement was based on student records. The data on the relationship…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Correlation
Abram, Marie J.; Cobb, Robert A. – 1979
A study investigated whether various home and school factors were related to first grade reading gain. Parents of all second grade students in a school district were asked to complete questionnaires eliciting the number of persons living in the household, the strictness of parental discipline, number of hours spent reading to the child each week,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Family Influence, Family School Relationship, Grade 1
Wade, Benny B. – 1980
In response to the interest in the potential good that may result from the development and implementation of parent education programs, the Dooly County (Georgia) school district organized several parent education efforts beginning in 1973-74. During the 1976-77 school year, the reading coordinator decided to conduct a parent education program…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Parent Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
