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Peer reviewedRupley, William H. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Readiness, Reading Research
Nodine, Calvin F.; Hardt, James V. – J Educ Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Prereading Experience, Reading Readiness Tests, Reading Research
Direct linkHiebert, Elfrieda H.; Fisher, Charles W. – Journal of Educational Research, 2007
"The Critical Word Factor," based on word recognition demands of texts, is a measure of text difficulty designed specifically for texts used by beginning readers. The measure is a function of the number of new, unique words per 100 running words of text that fall outside a designated curriculum. The authors investigated the validity of the…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Reader Text Relationship
Adams, B. Barbara; Ollila, Lloyd O. – 1977
Designed to explore new reading readiness predictors that are not found extensively in the more commonly used commercial group tests and to develop new indices to measure the level of reading readiness of beginning first graders, a study was undertaken involving 115 children. The factor of sex in reading readiness was also investigated. An…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Language Acquisition
Scheuneman, Janice; Mitchell, Blythe C. – 1979
Data collected during the standardization of the 1976 Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) were examined to provide information on sex differences in prereading skills. The MRT are designed for administration either at the beginning of kindergarten or between kindergarten and first grade. Performance on the six subtests and the total test on both…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Females, Grade 1, Individual Differences
Download full textWanat, Stanley F., Ed. – 1977
Six papers are included in this collection. "How Misconceptions about Language Affect Judgments about Intelligence," by Roger W. Shuy, and "The Cultural Context of Learning to Read," by R. P. McDermott, deal with contexts in which evaluation of a student's reading are made: a teacher's direct evaluation of a student's reading performance, and a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cultural Influences, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedSwanson, Beverly B. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Notes that research supports the idea that children are confused about concepts related to beginning reading instruction. Reports on assessment instruments that are commercially available or can be devised by teachers. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Educational Theories, Parent Role
Peer reviewedMcDonell, Gloria M.; Osborn, E. Bess – Language Arts, 1978
Discusses a longitudinal study of the reading readiness of 100 children entering school, and provides a reading readiness checklist. (DD)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Early Childhood Education, Longitudinal Studies, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedVukelich, Carol – Reading Teacher, 1978
Describes a program designed to help parents aid their children in the development of reading readiness skills. (MKM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedRoberts, Kathleen Piegdon – Reading Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Early Childhood Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Readiness
Miller, Wilma H. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Literature Reviews, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Nurss, Joanne R. – 1977
Prereading assessment was first used to predict school readiness and was an assessment of the child's visual and oral vocabulary skills. By the 1970s, readiness assessment had changed from assessment of a child's developmental probability for success or failure in reading to an assessment of the child's skill development in relation to the reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Decoding (Reading), Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBrekke, Beverly W.; Williams, John D. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1975
Concludes that despite a significant relationship between conservation and intelligence, neither is a significant predictor of reading achievement. (RB)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Predictive Measurement, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedParadis, Edward; Peterson, Joseph – Reading Teacher, 1975
Discusses the results of research on the effect of readiness training for preschool youngsters. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Preschool Education, Reading Development, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMcNeil, John; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1974
Concludes that those taught feature analysis did not excel in naming letters but did differ significantly in the kinds of errors made. (RB)
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Letters (Alphabet), Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
