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Direct linkHurford, David P.; Fender, Alex C.; Swigart, Courtney C.; Hurford, Thomas E.; Hoover, Brogan B.; Butts, Shanise R.; Cullers, Kayla R.; Boux, Jordan L.; Wehner, Stephanie J.; Hevel, Jordan K.; Renner, Lauren P.; Overton, Keith B.; Dumler, Julie D.; Wilber, Laura M. – Reading Psychology, 2016
Approximately 20% of students experience reading failure each year. One of the difficulties associated with this large percentage is that it has been documented that pre-service teachers may not be receiving the most appropriate training regarding reading acquisition. The present study sought to determine if pre-service teachers were proficient in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills
Fives, Allyn – Reading Psychology, 2016
The current article examines what factors explained the success of a reading program delivered by older adult volunteers to at-risk early readers. The article also examines the direction of the relationship over time (both direct and mediated) between reading achievement, frequency of reading at home, and academic self-beliefs. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Early Reading
O'Connor, Evelyn A.; Yasik, Anastasia E. – Reading Psychology, 2007
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that an Individualized Education Program (IEP) be developed for each child that receives special education services. To develop the most effective IEP, information is gathered from everyone who has worked with the child. In many schools the child receives early intervention services prior to…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Disabilities, Special Education, Reading Failure
Blanton, William E.; Wood, Karen D.; Taylor, D. Bruce – Reading Psychology, 2007
Research on subject matter instruction across the 20th century (e.g., Stevens, 1912; Bellack, 1966; Hoetker & Ahlbrand; 1969; Gall, 1970; Langer, 1999; Mehan, 1979; Nystrand, 1997;) reveals a preponderance of teacher-directed lecture, recitation, and round-robin reading of text in place of instruction that focuses on reading-to-learn, thinking,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Educational Strategies, Middle Schools, Reading Research
Peer reviewedLipsky, James A. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Describes a technique that used ambiguously drawn pictures of scenes depicting various aspects of the reading process to elicit imaginative reactions by fifth-grade boys. Results suggest that the high achieving readers had significantly more positive attitudes toward reading than did low achieving readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Grade 5, Imagination, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedGentile, Lance M.; McMillan, Merna – Reading Psychology, 1979
In this interview, a tutor in a correctional reading program, himself a former drug addict and jail prisoner, describes his childhood failures in reading, the public shool's failure to help him and other Spanish-speaking students, his eventual reading success in the jail reading program, and factors that account for the program's success. (GT)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCotter, Robert B., Jr.; Werner, Patrice Holden – Reading Psychology, 1987
Investigates how Ritalin, a powerful stimulant drug frequently prescribed for children exhibiting hyperactive behavior, poor attention span, and/or distractibility, is prescribed for children in educational settings, what doses seem appropriate, and what effect Ritalin has on reading achievement. Discusses the implications of Ritalin research for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education
