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Download full textLesgold, Alan; And Others – 1985
A study examined how word recognition automaticity develops and its relationship to the acquisition of comprehension skill. Two different methods for teaching reading were used: (1) a global method using the Houghton Mifflin basal reading program, and (2) a code method using the New Reading System, which emphasizes word decoding skills along with…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
Ehri, Linnea C. – 1982
Research on children's oral reading errors provides evidence that both top down and bottom up processes interactively contribute to reading. Syntactic and semantic expectations are sources of information for top down processing, while knowledge of letter-sound relations provides information for bottom up processing. As children learn to read,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Learning Theories
Menasche, Lionel – 1977
An experiment was conducted with twenty native French speakers using a set of four reading passages, each followed by five multiple choice comprehension questions. Each subject was tested twice when reading aloud and twice when reading silently. Other test materials included a pre-test designed to check whether certain lexical items from the…
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis
BROWN, DON – 1967
ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO GAMES AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING REMEDIAL READING SKILLS ARE COMPILED IN THE AREAS OF PHONICS, FUNCTIONAL SKILLS, STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, BLENDING, COMPREHENSION, FLUENCY AND RATE, AND WORD RECOGNITION. GAME PROCEDURES, MATERIALS NEEDED, AND DIRECTIONS FOR SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION ARE GIVEN. READILY AVAILABLE OR SIMPLY MADE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary School Students, Instructional Materials, Language Fluency
Taschow, Horst Gerard – 1969
A model of the decoding process as utilized in silent reading on the college level was reported. The model was conceptualized as a pyramid, whose apex represented silent reading comprehension. The body of the total reading model rested on the foundations of basic reading skills and higher-level reading skills which were followed by tentative…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Models
Karlin, Robert, Ed. – 1973
This book contains papers presented at the Fourth International Reading Association World Congress on Reading in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in August 1972. The contents of the book are divided into three parts: "Literacy and Literature" includes papers on libraries, books, and reading by Jorge Borges, the future of reading by Theodore Harris, the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Language Skills, Literacy
Poling, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1973
The ideas expressed in the major speeches and by the 29 discussion groups at the 1972 conference of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English are summarized in this publication. The theme of the conference was "Reading, 1972." The speeches and discussions covered a wide variety of reading and reading-related English and language…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conference Reports, English Education, Language Acquisition
Zugel, Kevin – Online Submission, 2005
"Sort Stories: Leveled Reading Supplement to Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabet Spellers" effectiveness was tested using five English language learner (ELL) students in the fifth and sixth grade. "Sort Stories" uses the word lists and accompanying clip-art from "Words Their Way" in developmental, grade-level specific, short read…
Descriptors: Spelling, Word Lists, Grade 6, Reading Rate
Peer reviewedKonieczny, Lars – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1997
Presents a fully incremental model that accounts for attachment preferences by the linear order of lexical heads in the surface structure and their thematic properties. Discusses the principle of "parameterised head attachment" and a serial variant on the basis of three online experiments on noun phrase and prepositional phrase…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Foreign Countries, German
Villanueva de Debat, Elba – English Teaching Forum, 2006
This article discusses different approaches to reading instruction for EFL learners based on theoretical frameworks. The author starts with the bottom-up approach to reading instruction, and briefly explains phonics and behaviorist ideas that inform this instructional approach. The author then explains the top-down approach and the new cognitive…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Phonics
Kay, Robin – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2006
Previous research on online discussions has focused on university students learning higher level subjects. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether online discussions could be used effectively by secondary school students attempting to learn introductory level topics. Forty-five male students, ranging in age from 13 to 15 years…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Programming
Lewis, Jed – 1978
Four text passages varying along the dimensions of the number of propositions unifying one or more text paragraphs and text length were constructed. The text content pertained to nine concepts in the area of operant conditioning psychology. Fifty-eight university students were pretested and then blocked on prior text-related knowledge, and read…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development Center. – 1966
THESE PAPERS ARE FROM THE BRAILLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE SENSORY AIDS EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER ON NOVEMBER 18, 1966. THE PAPERS PRESENTED ARE--"A STUDY OF BRAILLE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND USE," BY LOUIS GOLDISH, "AUTOMATED BRAILLE AND THE PROFESSION OF PROGRAMMING FOR THE BLIND," BY…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Computer Programs, Computers
Denver County Public Schools, CO. – 1962
THE READING INSTRUCTION PROGRAM OF THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS SUMMARIZED. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE TEACHING WORD RECOGNITION SKILLS, DEVELOPING THE HABIT OF READING, AND DEVELOPING READING SPEED AND EFFICIENCY. IN ADDITION TO DEFINING THE OBJECTIVES AND BASIC DIMENSIONS OF THE ELEMENTARY READING PROGRAM, THIS REPORT ALSO DISCUSSES THE FOUR COMPONENT…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Functional Reading
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This study evaluates the success of Johnson County Community College's College Learning Center (CLC) in helping students to improve specific skills in six areas: spelling, vocabulary, English, mathematics, reading comprehension, and reading rate. The CLC offers individualized programs which employ a combination of self-instructional materials and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, English Instruction, Individualized Instruction
