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An Investigation of Reading Comprehension Ability of Black Fourth and Fifth Grade Students Who Are Reading below Grade Level Utilizing Materials Written in Gullah and Standard English.
Benmaman, Virginia Doubchan – 1975
The effect of dialect mismatch and possible interference in performing certain reading tasks was the focus of this study. One hundred twenty black, Gullah-speaking, fourth- and fifth-grade students who were approximately two years below grade level in reading comprised the subject group. Two groups of 30 subjects each were given a Standard English…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 4, Grade 5
The Relationship Between Reading and Selected Characteristics of Children with Learning Disabilities and Advantages and Disadvantages of Four Reading Approaches As They Relate to Learning Disabled Children: A Review of the Literature.
Hoover, John J. – 1978
The thesis presents a literature review of selected characteristics of learning disabled children and the relationship between these characteristics and reading. Thirty-three characteristics are discussed, divided into three categories: selected cognitive abilities, speech and language development, and selected behavioral and emotional-social…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Ability, Language Acquisition
A Comparative Study of the Effect of Audio Taped Instruction on Student Achievement and Retention in the Level II ISCS Program. [Previously copyrighted material on several pages not microfilmed at request of author. Available for consultant at University of Maryland Library.]
Atkinson, Thomas Joseph – 1972
The purpose of the study was to compare the achievement, retention, and time to complete the required sequence of activities, of eighth-grade science students receiving instructions by means of audio tapes with those receiving the same instructions by use of printed materials. The sample was formed of 72 students designated as below average, or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
The Relationship between Vocabulary Recognition and Higher Chapter Test Scores in United States History Classes.
Dea, Wendy Anne – 1978
Instruction in one eighth-grade history teacher's classes varied between use and nonuse of vocabulary recognition materials for difficult words to study the possible effect of such materials on test scores. The vocabulary recognition materials were used to augment four chapters of the history textbook that the students studied, while four chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Area Reading, Grade 8, History Instruction
A Comparison of Oral Reading and Silent Reading on a Standardized Reading Achievement Test.
Sposato, Susan E. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to determine if the comprehension of 33 second grade students on a standardized test is the same whether the test is read silently or orally. The students silently read Level B, Form 1 of the "Gates MacGinitie Reading Test"; during the month that followed, individual students read Level B, Form 2, of the test orally,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Intermode Differences
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