The purpose of this paper is to discuss the assessment of intelligence as it relates to reading. Its primary focus is upon criteria that might be applied to the information about intelligence and how it relates to reading. The contents include: "General Considerations," which discusses the concept of intelligence, measuring instruments…

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of three instructional reading treatments on the reading skill development of disadvantaged black college students as compared to white college students. Three separate instructional treatments, one for each of the three sections of college developmental reading course,…

The purpose of this project was to increase the reading achievement of students in kindergarten through grade 8 in three rural schools in Shasta County, California. Current practices in the teaching of reading and the fine arts were analyzed and recommendations were made for the implementation of new techniques and methods to be incorporated into…

This monograph is composed of two papers, one which discusses a study undertaken to examine standardized reading tests in relation to pupils' performance and another which contains samples of materials that could be made available to parents by their children's teachers or by community leaders. The research project analyzed the scores of 61…

This paper reports on a Right to Read summer workshop held for selected classroom teachers. The objectives of the workshop were to provide the teachers with new reading related concepts, techniques, and materials so they could return to their own schools and share their knowledge and attitudes with other teachers. A total of 30 teachers…

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…

This report concerns the present status of the Kansas Right to Read plan of action. Two years of activities are discussed--the 1971 summer workshop, evaluation of the first year's program (1971-72), and the 1972 summer workshops. Thirty classroom teachers took part in the one week summer workshop in 1971. This workshop was designed by the State…

This study was designed to survey and describe the preservice education, inservice education, and the stated needs and problems of elementary school teachers of reading, grades one through six, in selected parishes of southwestern Louisiana and, also, to make comparisons in the manner each of eight dichotomous groups of respondents who had…

This paper focuses on the college's commitment to and responsibility for the attainment of the goals set forth by the National Right to Read Program. The goals of the Right to Read Program are: to disseminate information relative to reading, specifically, identifying and validating effective reading programs; to implement strategies for correcting…

The purpose of these four studies conducted during the 1967-68 academic year was to use the phrase reading programs in an exploratory manner with disadvantaged youth. Study 1 was an investigation of phrase reading development training with incarcerated male delinquents. There were 15 control subjects and 17 experimental subjects. The subjects in…

This guidebook suggests skills, ideas, and activities which should be helpful to the teacher in working with youngsters in the area of reading. Important specifics to be considered in a tutorial situation include: (1) being punctual with appointments, (2) creating stories and games appealing to the interest of the tutee, (3) being encouraging, (4)…

This language arts curriculum guide focuses primarily on reading instruction for students in grades one, two, and three. The topics discussed in this guide include an introduction to reading; major steps in developmental reading instruction; suggested time allotments for the Ginn Reading Program; scope and sequence charts; a checklist for…

The major hypothesis tested in this study was that low and average ability subjects could use the strategy of root analysis if instruction could be designed so as to compensate for individual weaknesses. Eighty-eight sixth grade middle class subjects were randomly assigned to self-instructional treatments to learn the root analysis strategy.…

This paper discusses the general situation of reading instruction at the secondary level. The paper is divided into three sections: "Two Decades of Reading 'Programs,'" which discusses the increasing numbers of retarded readers, the claims of reading materials, and the characteristics of some of the existing reading programs;…

This paper focuses on the Guided Reading Procedure (GRP) as a means of improving a literal level skill (unaided recall) and an attitudinal factor (accuracy in comprehension). Also discussed are some features of the GRP which suggest its possible value for fostering such other attitudinal and higher order skills as "recognizing implicit…