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| Reading World | 31 |
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| Page, William D. | 4 |
| Wilson, Robert M. | 2 |
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| Coots, James H. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 21 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Peer reviewedDuBois, Diane; Stice, Carole – Reading World, 1981
Examines the nature of comprehension, specifically in the area of reading, and offers some techniques for teaching comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Problems, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedHutchison, Laveria F. – Reading World, 1979
Provides a rationale for using television as a means of instruction and presents a model for capitalizing on television as a connection to reading. Includes a sample task sheet. (TJ)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedCoots, James H.; Snow, David P. – Reading World, 1984
Examines the role of suprasegmental phonology in speech processing and its implications for reading instruction; also reviews evidence for the hypothesis that prosodic features cue the boundaries of perceptually functional units in spoken sentences, thus assisting the listener in the segmentation of verbal information. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Processing, Language Usage, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedMiccinati, Jeannette – Reading World, 1981
Demonstrates that imagery instruction improves comprehension of what is heard and read and provides a means of encoding and organizing prose in a student's working memory. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 6, Imagery
Peer reviewedPage, William D. – Reading World, 1980
Examines problems involved in defining reading comprehension. Suggests reexamining comprehension testing, rethinking the missions of reading instruction, and helping students find, formulate, and solve problems for which using written language provides a solution. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedKretschmer, Joseph C. – Reading World, 1975
Argues that Piaget's model of intellectual development can be applied to reading, especially in the area of reading comprehension. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMiller, Charles K. – Reading World, 1975
Contends that teaching students to depend on written material without teaching effective habits of recall should be discouraged. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Memory, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedWilson, Robert W. – Reading World, 1974
Describes a method for teaching reading comprehension that attempts to develop critical reading skills through questioning. (RB)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBalasa, Michael A. – Reading World, 1974
Changing function-type responses to classification-type responses in poor readers will result in improved comprehension. (RB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedRoss, Elinor P. – Reading World, 1984
Describes an activity designed to help students identify the main idea of a selection. (FL)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedGroff, Patrick – Reading World, 1980
Discusses uncertainties in regard to the usefulness of the oral reading miscue analysis explained by P. David Allen and Dorothy J. Watson in their book "Findings of Research in Miscue Analysis: Classroom Implications." Notes that various problems of interpretation still surround the theory and workings of this procedure. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSiegel, Florence – Reading World, 1979
Suggests "Adapted Miscue Analysis" as an effective way for teachers to analyze the reading levels, comprehension, and competence of their students. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Miscue Analysis, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedWilson, Robert M. – Reading World, 1974
Argues that the burden of developing memorization skills should not be included in developing reading comprehension skills. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Memorization, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedStafford, Jerry – Reading World, 1975
Reviews the Sucher-Allred Reading Placement Inventory (S-ARPI), a commercially produced test that is similar in many respects to informal reading inventories. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedLesiak, Judi – Reading World, 1978
Discusses a study which compared the reading scores of first and fifth-grade subjects classified as reflective or impulsive. Reflective first-grade girls scored higher on all tests than impulsive girls, reflective first-grade boys scored higher than impulsive boys on the critical reading measure, and no differences were found for fifth-grade…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Ability
