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Gafoor, Kunnathodi Abdul; Remia, K. R. – Online Submission, 2013
The context of this paper is studies worldwide on influence of phonological factors in language development of children. Such studies reveal the significance of Phonological Awareness in development language skills: including, predictive value of phonological short-term memory for reading skills in Grade 1. This paper throws light on factors in…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Alphabets, Reading Ability, Grade 1
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Harper, C. B. J. – 1976
Recent research indicates the centrality of "attending" as a variable in reading acquisition. Attending is, in fact, more important than such traditionally accepted influences as intelligence, cognitive style, attitudes, and language background. Differences in attending behavior, which are molded through match and mismatch of expectations with…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews
Hsu, Chen-chin – 1987
Drawing on a cross-national study of children's reading, a study examined the correlates of reading success and failure in Taiwan. Subjects, 240 randomly selected Taipei fifth graders, were administered a reading test, cognitive test, and mathematics achievement test. A structured interview with each child's mother and classroom behavior…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Family Influence, Foreign Countries
Risko, Victoria J.; Alvarez, Marino C. – 1982
Because thematic statements are too global to aid poor readers in comprehending texts, a series of studies using a common procedure was conducted to determine the relationship between teaching thematic concepts prior to reading and reading comprehension. The thematic organizers used in the studies contained three paragraphs that defined the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Reading Ability
Rosenbaum, Harvey; And Others – 1977
The work reported here is part of an ongoing project to develop a language comprehension assessment instrument that: (1) is sensitive enough to pinpoint the particular language phenomena that are causing difficulty or have not been mastered, and (2) is also broad enough in scope to provide a credible and useful description of language proficiency.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Diagnostic Tests, Language Acquisition
Manis, Franklin R. – 1987
Although evidence is accumulating that the major reading difficulty dyslexics experience involves decoding and recognizing printed words, it is not clear that all dyslexics read poorly for the same reasons. A study investigated dyslexic children between 7 and 14 years of age to see if their reading errors and patterns of performance would enable…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education