This study investigated the effectiveness for fourth grade students of an inductive, self-correcting approach to the discrimination of factual and inferential statements as one aspect of critical reading and thinking. Ninety-seven fourth graders comprised the sample, and an intelligence test was administered to select students with I.Q. scores of…

This study was designed to determine the difference, if any, in reading scores of disadvantaged fourth and fifth grade reading students when administered the Stanford Reading Tests (form W and Y) by either standard procedure or by tape. Fifty-three disadvantaged students of the Pawhuska (Oklahoma) elementary School were divided at random into two…

The efficacy of a school district training parents to teach prereading skills to their four-year-old children through home-based learning activities was investigated. The method used to evaluate the effects of the experimental program was to test a sample of the experimental group and a control group upon matriculation to kindergarten in September…

This study was designed to discover the degree of relationship between a number of predictor variables and reading achievement for 65 black second grade students in two Austin, Texas, schools. The seven predictor variables used were: oral language performance as measured by the Gloria and David Beginning English, Series 20, Test 6 (GDBE); an…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether elementary school principals were as knowledgeable about reading instruction as classroom teachers; whether classroom teachers viewed their principals as a main source of assistance in reading instruction; and whether professional courses, experience, preference for teaching reading, and…

This study was designed to investigate whether the comprehension skills of the better readers in second and third grade could be significantly increased through the use of a reading enrichment program as an adjunct to their classroom reading program. Subjects were 64 pupils in three second-grade and four third-grade classes in a middle-class…

The purpose of this study was to survey the provisions for corrective reading in the public elementary schools, particularly in the availability of services, the types of services offered, the degree of satisfaction, and the financial support for remedial programs. A questionnaire was mailed to 412 schools, selected by a stratified random sampling…

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of three instructional reading treatments on the reading skill development of disadvantaged black college students as compared to white college students. Three separate instructional treatments, one for each of the three sections of college developmental reading course,…

Thirty adult, male, black students participated in a study of the effect of debate about textual issues on critical thinking and reading comprehension. Students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, each of which was involved in 24 two-hour sessions of reading instruction. The control group used a traditional textbook…

This study describes a program for improving student's reading skills. The targeted population consisted of students in a self-contained inclusion fourth grade classroom in a rural community, located in the Midwest. The lack of reading skills had been demonstrated through standardized achievement tests and the Developmental Reading Assessment.…

This action research project described a program for improving reading skills in the identified primary classrooms. The targeted population consisted of students in first and third grades. The third grade classrooms were located in a low socioeconomic area within an urban community of Illinois. The first grade classroom was located in a higher…

A study determined if a paired reading program had an effect on reading achievement and reading attitude of a selected group of 10 third graders. Student pairing was based on the results of a Student Attitude Survey which was one component of portfolio assessment. Within the survey, "at-risk" readers identified "more able"…

Multiple Oral Rereading (MOR), which involves repeated reading of the same instructional unit, has been found effective in remedial reading instruction. In this study, which was designed to provide basic information about the dynamics of such repetition, 32 first-grade children were selected as subjects on the basis of their ability to read, out…

The major purpose of this thesis was to show that it is possible to develop a theoretically sound and empirically based rationale for determining the systematic introduction and use of vocabulary in middle-grade reading instructional material. A major portion of the research for this thesis consisted of a content analysis of six current reading…

The effects on independent reading performance of two methods of word-attack instruction were compared for eight learning-disabled boys of intermediate age. The students read orally in the Checkered Flag series for five minutes daily. After a baseline period of two or four weeks, the students received two weeks of instruction focused on observed…