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Download full textRankin, Earl F. – 1974
This study is concerned with the measurement of reading flexibility. The contents include: "Review of Literature," which discusses the different concepts of reading flexibility and presents several definitions followed by a summary of variables revealed in these definitions; "Synthesis of Strengths and Weaknesses," which looks…
Descriptors: Readability, Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement
Smith, Nila Banton – Elementary English, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Technology, Perception, Readability
Riverside Research Inst., New York, NY. – 1973
This feasibility study for developing a measure of effectiveness in reading contains five sections. "The Need and Requirements for a Measure of Effectiveness in Reading" presents the problem, functional specifications for a measure of effectiveness in reading, the minimum number of tasks required to uild an effectiveness measure, approaches to the…
Descriptors: Readability, Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
Mockovak, William P. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a methodology which could be used to estimate the reading skills of Air Force personnel and the reading requirements of different career fields in an attempt to determine the extent of the difference between the reading skills of personnel and the reading requirements of the training materials in a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Job Skills, Literacy, Military Personnel
Yarnell, Edward A. – 1971
This pamphlet is intended for teachers and other people concerned with the teaching of reading. The sections of the pamphlet include: "Individual Differences," which looks at how schools have tried to meet the problem of individual differences; "Working with Individual Difference," which discusses what an individual brings with him to the…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Readability, Reading, Reading Achievement
Zintz, Miles V. – 1972
This book is primarily for the in-service teacher and discusses specific practices required in corrective reading. Some of the chapters and topics include: "Appraising Reading Problems in the Classroom," which discusses steps in remedial reading, the teacher's role, causes of reading failure, characteristics of a good reading program, and the…
Descriptors: Etiology, Oral Reading, Readability, Readiness
Schwartz, Barbara C. – 1972
A traditional reading program and an individualized reading program were compared in terms of numbers of books read by pupils in a given period, the types of books selected by the pupils, and readability levels of books selected. It was hypothesized that individualized reading pupils would read more, and that pupils in the traditional reading…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Grade 8, Group Reading, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
