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| Journal of Reading | 14 |
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Peer reviewedMcCracken, Robert A. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Class Size, Reading Materials, Reading Programs, Secondary Schools
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1980
Readers share information on the use of the uninterrupted silent sustained reading method to change the reading attitudes of adult Native American students and on the use of taped books with high school remedial reading students. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, American Indians, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedRiley, John A.; Lowe, James D., Jr. – Journal of Reading, 1981
A biofeedback study found that subvocalization neither hindered reading speed nor aided comprehension. Text readability and conceptual difficulty showed no effects. (AEA)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedWhitehead, David – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes the Modified Guided Silent Reading Procedure (MGSR), which provides an instructional framework for teaching complex literacy and learning strategies to fluent readers of about nine years of age and above. Notes that the MGSR is student centered and consistent with beliefs about language and learning that underpin programs aligned to a…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedRadencich, Marguerite C. – Journal of Reading, 1986
The FRI and GORT tests are reviewed with attention to test rationales and purposes, test development, test administration, and making the purchase choice. Concludes that the FRI is the preferable test. (JK)
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Tests, Silent Reading
Peer reviewedDavey, Beth; Porter, Sarah M. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Describes an effective procedure for getting "print-bound" poor comprehenders to attend actively to meaning while reading and to improve their comprehension and attitudes toward reading. (AEA)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Elementary Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedMonteith, Mary K – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reviews recent research on eye movements and skilled silent reading and notes the new emphasis on providing insight into the comprehension process. (MKM)
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Higher Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedNamekawa, Michio – Journal of Reading, 1977
Examines various written works by the Japanese to help explain reading in the Oriental way of thinking. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Standards, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedAllington, Richard L. – Journal of Reading, 1977
Strategies are suggested for shifting the emphasis of remedial reading instruction from isolated skill instruction to reading in context. (MKM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Reading, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBortnick, Robert; Lopardo, Genevieve S. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedLopardo, Genevieve; Sadow, Marilyn W. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Discusses the method of repeated readings as an approach to improve the comprehension and decoding skills of disabled secondary and postsecondary school readers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedPetre, Richard M. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Discusses the development and accomplishments of a reading program in more than 50 Maryland schools in which all regular activities some to a halt and teachers and students participate in 35 minutes of uninterrupted free reading each school day. (MB)
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Paperback Books, Reading Improvement, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedHeathington, Betty S. – Journal of Reading, 1979
Suggests a strategy for developing reading habits in the middle school which is based on Grover C. Mathewson's five motives for reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Motivation Techniques, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedRichek, Margaret Ann – Journal of Reading, 1987
Outlines five variations of the Directed Reading Thinking Activity that can help students become independent readers of narrative text. (NKA)
Descriptors: Fiction, Independent Reading, Learning Strategies, Literary Devices
