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Smith, Cyrus Findlay, Jr. – 1976
In order to investigate the effect of experimenter-controlled reading speeds on the literal comprehension of multilevel reading passages and to assess the effects of operant-regulated, or self-regulated, conditions on reading speed, these two studies sampled a total of 400 eighth graders. Two passages, originally written at the eighth-grade level,…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 8, Operant Conditioning
Moyer, Sandra Brown – 1976
Multiple Oral Rereading (MOR), which involves repeated reading of the same instructional unit, has been found effective in remedial reading instruction. In this study, which was designed to provide basic information about the dynamics of such repetition, 32 first-grade children were selected as subjects on the basis of their ability to read, out…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading
Download full textWeinstein, Carol S.; Weinstein, Neil D. – 1978
Parents and educators have expressed fears that high noise levels in open space schools may interfere with academic achievement. This investigation compared the reading comprehension of 60 fourth grade students in an open space school during periods both of quiet and of naturally occurring background noise. The reading tasks resembled normal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acoustics, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment
Greenfield, Carol Sue – 1977
This study examined the relationship between reading ability and attitude toward reading of 81 undergraduate education students enrolled in either elementary or secondary reading methods courses. Subjects' scores on the Mikulecky Behavioral Reading Attitude Measure indicated a positive attitude toward reading, but subjects' scores on the…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Higher Education, Reading Ability, Reading Rate
Peer reviewedNewkirk, Thomas – English Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Minority Group Children, Reading, Reading Ability
Hardyck, Curtis D.; Petrinovich, Lewis F. – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Diagnostic Tests, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Reading Improvement
Roen, Duane H. – 1981
In light of conflicting and limited results in the assessment of the effects of text-forming structures, a study investigated the effects of specific microlevel and macrolevel text-forming elements on readers' comprehension of selected passages of scientific technical prose. More specifically, the study examined the individual and combined effects…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Freshmen
Underwood, N. Roderic – 1982
Thus far the several different strategies that have been employed to investigate the size of the perceptual span during reading have not yet resolved the question of whether good readers have a larger span than poor readers. An investigation was designed to determine the region of text from which letter information is used during a fixation of the…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements
Haupt, Edward J.; Leonardis, Arline – 1981
Adolescent Portuguese-English bilingual students participated in a study that examined the relationship between reading rate and reading comprehension. The 31 subjects were placed in one of three groups: (1) normal readers, reading at grade level as indicated by IQ test scores; (2) slow readers, reading at least two years below expected grade…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Students, Intelligence, Oral Reading
Walker, Carolyn – 1981
The learning assistance center at a California university offers a carefully designed learning program for faculty and staff in the areas of reading, writing, and time management. The goal of the reading efficiency course is to improve reading speed without loss in comprehension. Tests are given throughout the course to monitor progress, and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Faculty Development, Inservice Education
RASMUSSEN, MARGARET – 1960
FOUR ARTICLES ON INDIVIDUALIZED READING AND SELF-SELECTION REPRINTED FROM "CHILDHOOD EDUCATION" AND "READING," THE JOURNAL AND BULLETIN OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL (ACEI), ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST ARTICLE IS A DISCUSSION OF SELF-SELECTION, OF THE TEACHER'S ROLE IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Individualized Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Improvement
Baumann, James F.; Schneider, Karen Wilson – 1979
The amount of print that 42 college students apprehended in 40 millisecond tachistoscopic flash presentations was monitored for strings of random letters, unrelated words, and words in context (sentences). The results indicated that mean apprehension spans per flash were 3.7 letters for random letters, 9.3 letters (2.0 words) for unrelated words,…
Descriptors: Adults, Context Clues, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedHanson, Earl – Reading Teacher, 1968
A summary of research on reading rate is presented. Cited studies dating from 1884 to 1965 suggest a relationship among reading rate and visual perception, practice in reading, power of concentration, mental alertness, complex reaction times, intelligence, amount of vocalization, content, rate of thinking, intensity of illumination, typographical…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Intelligence, Motivation
Holgerson, Arnold S. – 1977
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between eye voice span (EVS), reading ability, and readability. Fifty average and poor third, fourth, and fifth-grade students were selected on the basis of their comprehension scores on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test. They were individually tested for EVS on paragraphs ranging in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eye Voice Span, Masters Theses, Oral Reading
Samuels, S. Jay; Begy, Gerald L. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine differences in word recognition strategies used by good and poor readers. Twenty good readers and twenty poor readers were randomly selected from a fourth grade class and randomly assigned to levels of a five by five repeated-measures Latin Square design. All of the subjects were given two tasks to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Reading
