The study investigated the relatonship between degree or extent of special education participation and measured self-concept with 45 third-grade male students divided into three groups (students in self-contained LD classes, students provided individual tutoring, and a control group of students from regular classes). (Author/PHR)

Details a study of the reading development of seven- and nine-year-old deaf children. Concludes that the children progressed satisfactorily in the early stages of reading but had not attained the ability to extract meaning from sentences by age nine. (FL)

Examines the effects of an instructional program designed to teach learning disabled children to use context to determine and correct their errors. Results indicate that training in context is helpful for disabled learners who have achieved reading proficiency beyond grade level two. (MKM)

In the study, 36 fourth and second reader level deaf students matched for age were assessed on comprehension of truncated passive sentences under two task conditions. Contrary to prior research, neither age nor reading level were significant factors in deaf Ss' understanding of truncated passive sentences. (Author)

Presents achievement data for the years 1970-71 through 1978-79 for elementary school children enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Behavior Analysis Model of Follow Through. (FL)

This study examined the degree to which samples collected in product portfolios from 216 kindergarten through second-grade students were able to predict their successful performance in a gifted program four years later. Students whose product portfolios were in the top quarter performed significantly better on later math and reading achievement…

Reprints a classic article published in this journal in 1970. Considers the interplay between interest, motivation, and self direction on the one hand, and the reading levels concept on the other hand. Warns that the concept of reading levels is often focused on errors, and that this tends to distort perceptions with regard to the primary goal of…

Determines whether the types of open-ended questions and the levels of thinking that the questions called for in commercial Informal Reading Inventories were representative enough to allow users to determine the extent to which students remember, think about, or respond to what they are reading. Finds that Informal Reading Inventories may not be…

Investigates the effects of two parent tutoring reading programs upon children's reading achievement: one that used children's literature books and one that used each child's classroom basal reading materials. Results showed that although parents implemented the tutoring programs as designed, neither tutoring program had a significant effect upon…

Investigated reading achievement and attitudes as a function of grade, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status for 1,968 students in grades K-5 in Georgia. Findings show a small but significant relationship between reading achievement and attitudes toward reading. Ethnic differences were found with respect to reading achievement. (SLD)

Discusses an experiment that links phonological awareness and reading performance in children with Down syndrome. Examines the results within the framework of the author's metalinguistic development theory in which alphabet reading is a pacemaker for the development of explicit phonological awareness. (PM)

A longitudinal study compared the progress of 324 10-year-olds from four schools on reading attainments, attitudes, and habits. Two schools were given extra books to supplement their normal stock. Although results indicate important changes in reading attainments, no simple differential gain was identified in relation to attainments or attitudes.…

Investigates whether dyslexic and "garden variety" poor readers differ in reading-related cognitive skills. Suggests grounds for believing that dyslexia is a separate entity from garden variety poor reading. Finds support for the phonological-core variable-difference model of K. Stanovich in that both dyslexic and poor readers showed phonological…

Relates children's extracurricular reading to their reading achievement scores to determine whether good readers read more and whether more frequent reading improved reading proficiency. Finds that preexisting reading proficiency and engagement in extracurricular reading both had significant effects on current reading achievement, although the…

Argues for a more complex view of literate activity guiding curricular and assessment practices. Suggests beginning by counting as basic both a critical literacy and a social imagination--the ability to imagine what it is like to be someone else. (RS)