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Thomas, Ellen Lamar; Robinson, H. Alan – 1974
This sourcebook for high school teachers suggests procedures not only for teaching the fundamental process of reading, but also for teaching reading in all of the high school content areas. It features motivating activities, a subject-area index, and guide sheets and work sheets. Chapters include "How to Use This Book,""Building Vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Eccles, J. J.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
In an evaluation of the Reading Efficiency course at Windermere Secondary School, the experimental group made greater gains (statistically significant at the .01 level) in the Reading Rate subtest of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test than did the control group. The experimental group also made greater gains than the control group in reading rate on…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Grade 12, High School Students, Program Evaluation
Thomas, Sylvia Louise – 1972
The problem of this study was concerned with instruction in reading rate acceleration and the effects upon comprehension. Correlates of reading achievement, sex, IQ, age, and interest were also considered. A six-week reading rate training program was completed by the three experimental classes randomly selected in each of grades two, four, and six…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 4, Grade 6
Spring, Carl – 1972
In Study I, reading disability children were tested on perceptual encoding speed with a visual reaction-time task requiring same-different judgements. Performance of disabled children deteriorated as testing progressed, and recovered after a rest. In Study II, the poor readers of Study I were rated by their teachers on a 15-item inventory of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
Phoenix Union High School District, AZ. Dept. of Research and Planning.
Starting with the second semester of the 1971-72 school year, the Phoenix Union High School System accepted a performance contract with Educators Service Incorporated of Edina, Minnesota. The contract enabled the district to implement a one-semester program, which was a multimedia course consisting of 36 thirty-minute videotaped sessions which…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Evaluation Methods, Multimedia Instruction, Performance Contracts
Berger, Allen, Comp.; Peebles, James D., Comp. – 1976
This booklet is a revision of an earlier annotated bibliography, "Speed Reading," compiled by Allen Berger in 1967 and revised in 1970. The 82 entries are arranged alphabetically by author in the following ten categories: tachistoscope and controlled pacing, paperback scanning, flexible rates of comprehension, retention of gains, perception,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Conditioning, Information Processing, Measurement
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Pugh, A. K. – System, 1976
An investigation was made of the performance of a sample of British sixth-form pupils on a task requiring them to obtain information from a book. Their performance was correlated with scores on tests of reading comprehension, reading speed in conjunction with recall and comprehension, and intelligence. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intelligence Tests, Language Research, Language Tests
Kieras, David E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Conventional paragraph structure requires that the topic sentence be presented first, followed by connected, coherent sentences. The processing role of these rules was investigated by comparing performance on reading simple passages that conformed to or violated conventional paragraph organization. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Language Processing, Memory
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Bergquist, Leonard – Reading Teacher, 1984
Offers several strategies for increasing reading rate without descreasing comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eye Movements, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Intermediate Grades
Shanker, James L.; Ekwall, Eldon E. – 1998
The seventh edition of this book, like previous editions, is designed to give busy reading specialists, teachers, and students in reading education specific, concrete methods for locating and correcting reading difficulties. The book stresses the importance of direct instruction, motivational learning activities, and abundant practice in the act…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Oral Reading
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Harris, Larry A. – Clearing House, 1973
Considered the problems in helping students develop reading skills with the accent on teacher responsibility and leadership. (RK)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Concept Formation, Educational Planning, Principals
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Applebee, Arthur N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Four components of reading speed were identified, and a measure of the first component, reading speed of known vocabulary, was investigated on a mixed sample of 84 boys (6 to 14 years old), which included a high proportion of retarded readers. (Author/GW)
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulty
Grob, James A. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Content Area Reading, Individual Reading, Literature
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Weintraub, Samuel; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Examines three studies related to the reading achievement of hearing-impaired students. (VJ)
Descriptors: Exceptional Persons, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Reading Ability
Yarington, David J. – Journal of the Reading Specialist, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Reading, Reading Material Selection
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