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Aukerman, Robert C. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Download full textMCCRACKEN, ROBERT A. – 1968
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE IF A HAWTHORNE EFFECT WERE PRESENT IN A 3-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY WHICH COMPARED TWO METHODS OF TEACHING READING IN FIRST GRADE. THE INITIAL SUBJECTS WERE TWO TEACHERS AND FIVE FIRST-GRADE CLASSES OF RANDOMLY ASSIGNED STUDENTS WHO COMPOSED ONE EXPERIMENTAL, ONE CONTROL, AND THREE SUBCONTROL GROUPS.…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Grade 1, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Block, J. R. – Elementary English, 1973
Reviews research studies of the i.t.a. and suggests areas for further investigation. (MM)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Literature Reviews, Reading Instruction
Jongsma, Eugene – 1971
A total of 10 studies since 1962 pertaining directly to the use of cloze procedure as a teaching technique are initially reviewed. The reviewed literature is then synthesized to determine what is currently known about cloze as a teaching device and to identify general weaknesses in this research area. General problems identified are no real…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Literature Reviews, Measurement Techniques, Reading Instruction
Reed, James C.; And Others – Reading Res Quart, 1970
Descriptors: Criteria, Literature Reviews, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Neurological Impairments
Willson, Victor L.; And Others – 1982
Given the complexity of classroom reading observations, maintenance of measurement reliability is a concern to researchers. Sources of variation contributing to the unreliability of many measurements may be either (1) lasting and specific, (2) lasting and general, (3) temporary and specific, or (4) temporary and general. Lasting-specific sources…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Error of Measurement
Peer reviewedDiaper, Gordon – Educational Studies, 1990
Reexamines definitions of and explanations for the Hawthorne Effect in research subjects. Notes that the Hawthorne Effect was tested in a study of the effectiveness of paired classroom reading among students. Challenges the notion that subject's behavior is modified by participation in research. Reviews various research studies that question the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Control Groups, Educational Research, Experimental Groups
Krendl, Kathy A.; Williams, Russell B. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1990
Reviews the research literature on Writing to Read (WTR), a computer-based language arts program designed to help kindergarten and first grade students develop reading and writing skills. Limitations of the evaluation reports, research projects, and specialized applications of WTR are reviewed, and problems in research design and methodology are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware, Grade 1
Belanger, Joe – 1987
Although the relationship between reading and writing proficiency has interested scholars for two centuries, the exact nature of this relationship has resisted discovery. The persistance of statistically significant correlations across a broad range of subjects, measures, and experimental settings leaves no doubt that a moderate link between…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Learning Theories
