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| Reading Ability | 5 |
| Reading Skills | 5 |
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Higher Education | 2 |
| Reading Diagnosis | 2 |
| Reading Research | 2 |
| Reading Tests | 2 |
| Citizen Role | 1 |
| Decoding (Reading) | 1 |
| Evaluation Methods | 1 |
| Literature Reviews | 1 |
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| Reading World | 5 |
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| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Peer reviewedPauk, Walter – Reading World, 1975
Suggests that learning to skim reading materials is an important study skill. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedStafford, Jerry – Reading World, 1974
Provides a detailed description of the "Diagnostic Reading Scales" which tests students' skills in word recognition, oral reading, rate of reading, silent reading, reading potential and other areas. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedLeeds, Donald S. – Reading World, 1974
Examines three aspects of reading considered to be important in the development of an individual's skills, citing content, interest, and social role in this literature review on factors affecting reading performance. (RB)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Literature Reviews, Reading Ability, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedStafford, Jerry – Reading World, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedMathews, Robert C.; And Others – Reading World, 1980
Reports that children's reading speed for paragraphs in which either words, syllables, or letters were spaced widely apart was a good predictor of reading ability in grades one through three, but not in grades four through six. (GT)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Predictor Variables, Reading Ability
