Uses data from the ERIC system to review the practice of sustained silent reading. (FL)

Summarizes research from the California Assessment Program (1980) and the Foundation for Child Development (1976) concerning the relationship between student academic achievement and television viewing habits. Television in children's lives today and academic achievement--reading, mathematics, written expression--are discussed. Four references are…

Presents six ways that instructors in reading clinics can emphasize student strengths, including (1) planning for special surprises, (2) building time off into the schedule, (3) finishing the clinic on a positive note, and (4) reinforcing the success of the clinic. (FL)

Investigates the reading ability and classroom performance of vocational students enrolled in the second year of study in auto mechanics, carpentry, electronics, graphics, and masonry. (HOD)

Research on the cognitive components of academic achievement subjected White South African schoolchildren to several visual perception tests. Results indicated an association between measures of visual perception and tests of reading and arithmetic performance. Cognitive complexity emerged as an important differentiating feature of perceptual…

Physical, neurodevelopmental, psychoeducational, and child history characteristics were analyzed in 116 second-grade, inner-city children identified as good and poor readers. Ss were basically healthy with few findings of physical or neurological abnormalities, despite significant group differences in the prevalence of "soft signs" and in all…

The relative effectiveness of three measures of teacher expectations for predicting students' achievement was studied. Teachers' perceptions of student ability and the discrepancy between teacher-perceived ability and student-tested ability were related to achievement change. The amount of improvement the teacher expected was unrelated to the…

Noting the inadequate vocabularies of students in her college writing classes, the author calls for a revival of close textual reading at all educational levels as a means of improving reading and vocabulary skills. (PGD)

There exists a controversy as to whether or not minimal competency testing in the area is a sound educational practice. A review of reading research in three areas, developmental reading, functional reading and recreational reading was conducted to provide data relevant to the controversy. (RD)

The aim of this study was to examine what year-six reading instruction pupils were being given and what year-seven pupils needed and to explore the varying dimensions of the intervening expanse. (HOD)