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Karger, Gertrude Wernick – 1973
The purposes of this study were to determine the effect of black English on the auditory discrimination performance of lower class black children, the effects of training on the auditory discrimination performance of lower class black and lower class white children, and the relationship of auditory discrimination performance to reading…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Beginning Reading
Watson, Dorothy J. Harper – 1973
This study was concerned with the use of a large quantity of paperback books in a school reading program and the effect of such a saturated book environment on the reading of individual students. The oral reading miscues made by 27 fifth graders prior to and immediately following their exposure to a Ludington Reading Room which housed over 3,000…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 5, Miscue Analysis, Paperback Books
Thornton, Mervin F. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to describe the effect that providing a specific purpose for reading a selection had on the reading behavior exhibited by subjects with different reading backgrounds, and on their comprehension of the material read. The subjects in this study were selected from the fifth grade in two schools on the basis of their…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 5, Individualized Reading, Miscue Analysis
Schoenfeldt, Barbara Barliant – 1973
The purpose of this investigation was to describe the relationship of perceptual-motor abilities as measured on the Purdue Perceptual-Motor Survey (PMS) to reading. All children who came to the University of Georgia Reading Clinic and who met the criteria of age, grade, and intelligence range were administered the PMS. The obtained scores on the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary School Students, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Download full textPatterson, R. T., Jr. – 1976
The purpose of this practicum was to implement and evaluate a peer tutoring program designed to raise the reading level of a selected group of low-achieving students at Harry Stone Middle School, an all-black, sixth- and seventh-grade school in the Dallas, Texas, Independent School District. Objectives were twofold: to raise the grade-equivalent…
Descriptors: Black Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Individualized Instruction
Zamdmer, Mona – 1994
The mandate to foster social intelligence through public education is the historic basis for the federally funded programs resulting from the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. Art as an instrument of social change also was the goal of a 1970 summer program initiated by the Guggenheim Museum for New York's inner city youth. Under the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Educational History, Educational Legislation
Akin, James Paul – 1977
The study described attempted to determine the relationship of racial integration to reading achievement of black and white elementary students during 1973-1974, the first year of wide scale racial integration of Alexandria elementary schools. The research hypothesis was that the difference between reading achievement means of black and white…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Black Achievement, Black Students
Dixon, Roy Albert, Jr. – 1972
Twenty-eight first graders participated in a study to assess the relationship between the auditory channel and reading achievement. For purposes of the study, auditory channel was defined as the skills of auditory discrimination, auditory blending, and auditory memory. The students were administered a series of auditory tests including the…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Aural Learning, Grade 1
Skobo, Kathleen Ward – 1979
Forty-two first, second, and third grade students participated in a 15-week study to determine the effects of audiovisual aids on reading achievement. The students were pretested and posttested using the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills. Each group received 40 minutes of small group and individual instruction each day. The experimental group…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Developmental Reading, Language Skills, Masters Theses
McCracken, Jack Hill – 1975
Three psycho-social variables, identified as modeling influences of children's fathers, children's sex-typing of reading, and their judgmental conformity were investigated as possible correlates of reading achievement in grades one, two, and three. The subjects were 226 children from the first, second and third grades, all of whom came from…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Doctoral Dissertations, Early Reading, Identification (Psychology)
Dimitroff, Michael Lee – 1975
A total of 138 middle-class first graders in two parochial schools were studied to determine whether a phonics reading approach was superior to a contextual reading approach in reading achievement, whether auditory learners achieve in reading to a greater extent than visual learners, and whether auditory or visual learners achieve in one program…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Learning Modalities, Learning Processes
Collins, Gertrude Alyce – 1975
The main purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of two different methods of instruction on community college students' achievement in the mechanics of composition (capitalization, punctuation, and grammar/usage) and spelling. This study was also concerned with changes in self-esteem, attitudes toward the method used in each plan,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Doctoral Dissertations, Lecture Method
Lawson, Robert Ewell – 1973
The purpose of this study was to compare the development of self-concept and achievement in reading of students in the first, third, and fifth year of attendance in graded and nongraded schools. The population of this study was composed of 338 selected students from six elementary schools in Kokomo, Indiana, and the experimental group was composed…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 3
Solis, Judith Kay English – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors relating to the achievement of reading gains for junior college students. The specific objectives were to determine which of 10 independent variables were most highly related to and predictive of residual reading gain; to formulate and validate a predicting equation based on measures of relevant…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Reading, Reading Ability
Lathen, Levi – 1976
Through the administration of standardized tests, questionnaires, and an inventory of educational progress designed to assess the application of skills, an effort is made to analyze the literacy, functional literacy, and factors related to achievement in a population of 181 eighth-grade students selected from an inner-city population and a…
Descriptors: Black Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Family Influence, Functional Literacy
