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Peer reviewedSakamoto, Takahiko – Reading Teacher, 1975
Concludes that the development of the reading abilities of preschool children in Japan is mainly a responsibility of the parents. (RB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Parent Influence, Preschool Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedCornell, Edward H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1975
Explores how the preschool child identifies distortions which are similar to hand-drawn letters, and accounts for children's performance in recognizing such forms. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Letters (Alphabet), Preschool Education, Readiness
Peer reviewedLaird, A. W.; Cangemi, Joseph P. – Reading Improvement, 1975
Supports the position that because of improved conditions and communication in society children are ready to learn earlier than they were in the past. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
Wilkens, Lea-Ruth C. – School Library Journal, 1975
The school librarian can help kindergarten children develop motor skills and reading readiness skills. (PF)
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Librarians, Library Role, Primary Education
O'Bruba, William S.; And Others – Instructor, 1975
Articles presented six suggestions for stimulating young children to learn in springtime. (RK)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities, Manuscript Writing (Handlettering), Museums
Peer reviewedVega, Manuel; Powell, Arnold – Journal of Negro Education, 1974
A study of children enrolled in a year-round preschool program for the "culturally disadvantaged" in Tampa, Florida revealed that children with defective vision performed more poorly on both the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and Metropolitan Readiness Test. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Preschool Children, Readiness, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedWallbrown, Jane D.; Wallbrown, Fred H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1974
This study hypothesizes that while the mental age most effectively predicts reading readiness, deficits in information processing at the automatic level decrease the efficiency of the prediction. Conclusions support this hypothesis. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Tests, Learning Readiness, Readiness
Hopkins, Kenneth D.; Sitkei, E. George – J Exp Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedAyers, Jerry B.; Mason, George E. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Kindergarten, Middle Class
PETZOLD, ROBERT G. – 1960
THE AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF MUSICAL SOUNDS BY A SAMPLE OF 600 CHILDREN IN THE FIRST 6 GRADES WAS STUDIED. THREE TESTS WERE CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS STUDY. THEIR CONTENT WAS BASED UPON AN EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF TONAL AND RHYTHMIC CONFIGURATIONS FOUND IN THE SONGS CHILDREN SING. THE 45-ITEM AND ONE OF THE 20-ITEM TESTS WERE DESIGNED TO COLLECT DATA…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Elementary School Students, Growth Patterns, Music Activities
Download full textKING, ETHEL M.; MUEHL, SIEGMAR – 1967
AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON VISUAL DISCRIMINATION SHOWS A TREND FROM THE WHOLE-WORD VIEW TO A COMBINATION OF LETTER-DISCRIMINATION AND THE WHOLE-WORD METHOD. TEN STUDIES CITED IN THIS ARTICLE ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) WOULD NONVERBAL STIMULI FACILITATE READING PERFORMANCE, (2) DO CHILDREN FOCUS ON THE SHAPE OF THE WORD OR…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Beginning Reading, Reading Readiness, Transfer of Training
HOPKINS, KENNETH D.; SITKEI, E. GEORGE – 1967
THE COMPARATIVE VALIDITY OF THE LEE-CLARK READING READINESS TEST AND THE CALIFORNIA TEST OF MENTAL MATURITY (CTMM) FOR PREDICTING GRADE 1 READING SUCCESS WAS STUDIED. ALL ENTERING FIRST-GRADE PUPILS IN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN A LOW-MIDDLE-CLASS COMMUNITY WERE ADMINISTERED BOTH TESTS DURING THE FIRST 3 WEEKS OF SCHOOL. PERFORMANCES ON THESE TESTS…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Validity
Taschow, Horst G. – 1970
Content-area reading begins in grade 1 and is a gradual and continuous development of the reading skills through the grades and beyond. For the student to gain proficiency in this difficult and complex art, theoretical suggestions paired with actual classroom samples in content-area instruction are illustrated for the content-area teacher's use.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness, Reading Skills
Johnson, Kathy – 1974
To investigate the effects of the Southwest Regional Laboratories (SWRL) Kindergarten Program on readiness for first grade as measured by the Metropolitan Readiness Test and the Gates-MacGinitie Readiness Skills Test was the purpose of this study. The subjects for the experiment were 52 kindergarten students who were randomly assigned either to a…
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Reading, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Kamm, Marga; And Others – 1973
Focusing on the Prereading Skills Program, this report furnishes the results and evaluations of a field test by fourteen teachers in ten Wisconsin and Illinois schools. A total of 23 kindergarten classes and 545 children were involved in the program, which teaches three visual skills and two sound skills related to the reading process and…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Kindergarten, Listening Skills, Prereading Experience
