This study investigated the reading comprehension of good and poor readers in the second grade on reading passages with and without illustration. Eighty subjects were selected from children attending the second grade in the public schools of a midwestern city of approximately 200,000. For the purposes of this study children scoring within the top…

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 study investigated the relationships between critical reading ability and sex, intelligence, and reading achievement and the differences in critical reading ability of students from grades four to five to six. A 30-item Intermediate Critical Reading Test (ICRT) developed by the investigator on a 3.5 or below readability level, the California…

The purpose of this book is to provide the special educator and the general educator with a basic reference tool concerning the slow learner and the reading problem. The text is divided into two sections. The first section, "An Overview of Selected Factors Relative to Reading and the Slow Learner," includes six chapters that discuss selected…

An analysis of vertical grade grouping was conducted with 108 pupils in grades one through six. The control group consisted of 107 pupils arranged in a singly graded manner. Three hypotheses stated in null form were: (1) There will be no significant differences in change in attitudes toward reading when comparisons are made between vertically and…

The Remedial Reading Laboratories program was designed to improve the reading achievement of disadvantaged students in grades four through 12 and thereby enable them to profit from regular classroom instruction. The program also aimed at improving the students' self-esteem and self-confidence. In 1969-70 classes were offered to over 1,000…

Recent research indicates the centrality of "attending" as a variable in reading acquisition. Attending is, in fact, more important than such traditionally accepted influences as intelligence, cognitive style, attitudes, and language background. Differences in attending behavior, which are molded through match and mismatch of expectations with…

Sees a strong relationship between the quality of a child's self-concept and reading achievement. Suggests ways in which parents and teachers can enhance children's self-images, thus facilitating reading improvement. (RL)

This study assessed the influence of reading ability and difficulty of material on types of oral reading errors made by 42 second-grade children. Overall, types of errors changed as the material became more difficult. The interactions between reading ability and difficulty level were also significant. (Author/BS)

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006 Assessment Framework and Specifications is intended as a blueprint for IEA's 2006 assessment of reading literacy. Concrete information about how well students can read provides policymakers and researchers in every country with insight on how to improve literacy and reading…

The article describes the monocular performance of two gifted school girls while reading at page at a glance" rates. It also investigated implications for teaching the partially blind to read more rapidly. (MF)

This article presents brief summaries of the 114 dissertations completed by Ed.D and Ph.D. candidates at Indiana University in the English Language Arts between 1941 and 1970. (MM)