To explore whether different balances of fiction/non-fiction reading and challenge might help explain differences in reading achievement between genders, data on 45,670 pupils who independently read over 3 million books were analysed. Moderate (rather than high or low) levels of challenge were positively associated with achievement gain, but…

THE FINAL REPORT OF A STUDY INVOLVING CHILDREN DURING THE SUMMER AFTER FIRST GRADE IS PRESENTED. THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED FOR THESE PURPOSES--(1) TO DETERMINE THE READING LOSS OR GAIN OF FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN DURING THE SUMMER OF 1965 AND 1966, (2) TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT A SUMMER READING PROGRAM BY TELEVISION, AND (3) TO TEST THE NULL HYPOTHESIS THAT…

ERIKSON'S THEORY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTHY PERSONALITY IS INTEGRATED WITH HOLMES' THEORY OF READING IN ORDER TO DERIVE A TESTABLE HYPOTHESIS REGARDING THE CONTRIBUTION OF SPECIFIED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS TO READING SUCCESS AND TO VALIDATE THE FINDINGS. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN THE FOLLOWING THREE PHASES--THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCALES…

Erikson's theory on the development of a healthy personality is integrated with Holmes' Theory of Reading in order to derive a testable hypothesis regarding the contribution of specified personality characteristics to reading success and to validate the findings. The study was conducted in the following three phases--the construction of new scales…

Describes a specially designed measure of attitude toward reading and reports on the relationship between attitude toward reading, participation in compensatory reading programs, and reading achievement. (JM)

Analyzes the social and cognitive rigidity of teachers in grades 3 through 6 compared to the reading achievement of 159 of their students, and reports a significant correlation between low teacher cognitive rigidity and high student reading achievement gains but no significant relationship between social rigidity or combined social and cognitive…

Notes that there are no clear cut findings to be derived from research concerning the effects of television viewing on reading achievement. (FL)

When eight-year-old children were given a test of verbal-imagery learning style and a test of reading ability, it was found that both their reading accuracy and comprehension were significantly related to their learning styles. (FL)

Explores the implications of attitudes toward reading of both good and poor readers in relation to their performance scores. (DD)

Examines relationships between levels of phonological awareness and early reading ability. Finds significant correlations between metaphonological abilities and reading for kindergarteners but weak or nonexistent correlations in the tasks involving sensitivity to phonological similarities for first graders. Notes that all children who developed…

Investigates whether poor readers differ from their reading age controls in terms of their ability to make rhyme judgments, and determines whether intelligence levels affect the kinds of difficulties they experience. Finds that average intelligence poor readers performed with the same overall accuracy as their reading age controls. (MG)

Examines the reading standards of eight cohorts (years 1989 to 1996) of Year 6 children from five randomly selected primary schools within one Local Education Authority in England. Finds little movement in the mean scores of the eight cohorts over time and, in fact, there has been a slight but significant decline in mean scores. (RS)

Investigates which phonological awareness tasks are more or less difficult in Spanish; whether phonological awareness is a good predictor of reading achievement in Spanish; and whether training in Spanish phonological awareness increases Spanish reading achievement. Offers examples of phonological awareness activities for Spanish early literacy…