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Adult Reading: Theory and Practice
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Pugh, A. K. – Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Course Content, Literature Reviews, Reading
Reading Skills: Automatic Transfer up a Hierarchy?
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Mac Farlane, Tom – Reading, 1976
Describes study which questioned theories of skill hierarchies in reading and states that it cannot be assumed either that the transfer of one skill in literacy is made to another skill or that a transfer is made to other "real life" reading situations. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literacy, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Language Skills in Sentence-Level Reading Tests
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Davies, Peter – Reading, 1977
Suggests that, for the assessment of performance in low and intermediate levels of reading, sentence-completion tasks can play an informative role and that, for students who have acquired these skills, the tests are valuable for ascertaining vocabulary acquisition or comprehension of syntactic structures. (JM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Some Remarks about the Testing of Reading in a Foreign Language.
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Maas-de Brouwer, T. A.; Sluiter, D. M. M. Samson – Reading, 1978
Describes the way foreign languages have been taught in the Netherlands, the way reading comprehension in a foreign language is tested there, and educational objectives that should be taken into consideration in teaching foreign languages. (GT)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
The Role of Prior Knowledge in Reading Comprehension and Test Response.
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Hewitt, Graham – Reading, 1979
Suggests that reading comprehension is a special case of language comprehension; considers the effect of prior knowledge and experience on recall of meanings; points to the role of "scripts" (information accumulated about a situation, word, or concept) in reading comprehension; and outlines implications for teachers. (GT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Knowledge Level, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Reading Comprehension in a College of Education
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Chapman, L. J. – Reading, 1973
Descriptors: College Instruction, Education Majors, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Reading Research in Great Britain--1979.
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Goodacre, Elizabeth – Reading, 1980
Reports on reading research studies conducted in Great Britain during 1979, noting that two areas have attracted much more attention recently--reading comprehension and the importance of motivation. (HOD)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Readability
Comprehension Training and Reading Performance.
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Moore, Phillip J.; Kirby, John R. – Reading, 1988
Studies the effects of two comprehension training methods (one based on imagery and inferencing, the other based on text structure) on various aspects of third and fifth graders' reading performance. Results indicate that neither method had a measurable impact on reading comprehension nor on metacognitive knowledge of the reading process. (RS)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Grade 3, Grade 5
Reading Research in Great Britain in 1988.
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Raban, Bridie – Reading, 1990
Reports on reading research in Great Britain published in 1988. Includes sections on word recognition, dyslexia, blind and deaf readers, writing, language and literacy, cohesion and comprehension, parents, and teaching methods. Concludes that most funding reinforces a narrow paradigm of educational research and that aging reading tests are used to…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews