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Direct linkHotulainen, Risto; Lappalainen, Kristiina; Ruoho, Kari; Savolainen, Hannu – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
During a 15-year longitudinal study, 31 Finnish students (risk group) who had been identified as having deficiencies in reading and writing readiness at pre-school through the German Breuer-Weuffen Differentiation Test were compared with their peers (n = 62) in order to study long-term differences that emerged at the starting point of the study.…
Descriptors: Writing Readiness, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Longitudinal Studies
GUNDERSON, DORIS V. – 1964
RESEARCH IS COMPILED ON THE TOPIC OF READING READINESS. NUMEROUS RESEARCH STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT CHILDREN VARY GREATLY IN THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY POSSESS "READING READINESS" AND THAT CHILDREN ARE DEFINITELY AIDED BY A READING READINESS PROGRAM. DISAGREEMENT EXISTS AMONG READING AUTHORITIES ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF READINESS. AREAS…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Instruction
EFRON, MARVIN – 1965
A "READING EYE" CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHED THE EYE MOVEMENTS OF 46 KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN OF MIDDLE-RANGE INTELLIGENCE. MOVING TARGETS WERE USED IN ORDER TO MEASURE OCULOMOTOR SKILLS--(1) OCULAR MOBILITY OR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF THE EYES, (2) ACCURACY OF FIXATION, AND (3) VISUAL CONVERGENCE AND FUSION. SCORES FROM THE METROPOLITAN READINESS…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedSilberberg, Norman; And Others – The Elementary School Journal, 1968
A study was conducted to determine which subtests of the Gates Reading Readiness Tests have greatest predictive efficiency. An experiment to assess the effect of training in reading readiness on 222 kindergarten children (107 girls and 115 boys) provided the data for the research. The experimental group received 2 months' reading readiness…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedTokar, Edward B.; Holthouse, Norman D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The Metropolitan Readiness Tests were correlated with teacher ratings of reading readiness for a sample of kindergarten pupils. Correlations support the concurrent validity of the instrument. (JKS)
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Preschool Teachers, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedSpaanenburg, Linda B. W. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Concludes that potential users of the Clymer-Barrett Readiness Test should exercise caution in drawing inferences or conclusions about children on the basis of anything other than raw score data associated with the measure. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedPikulski, John J. – Reading World, 1974
Reviews several instruments frequently used in evaluating a pre-first grade child's readiness for learning to read with the focus on the extent to which published research has raised or resolved questions regarding the use of these instruments. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Prereading Experience, Preschool Children, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedEvanechko, Peter; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Competence, Reading Achievement, Reading Readiness
Durkin, Dolores – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1970
The best way to help a child to learn to read is to give him a variety of opportunities to exercise his reading skills. (CK)
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Teaching Methods
Diamant-Cohen, Betsy, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2010
Co-author of the popular titles "Booktalking Bonanza" and "The Early Literacy Kit", Betsy Diamant-Cohen brings together 18 examples of successful outreach partnerships that children's librarians and administrators can adapt to their own situations. Contributors from the U.S and Canada explain how they partnered with schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Readiness, Reading Programs, Outreach Programs
Download full textMalone, Lizabeth; Hulsey, Lara; Aikens, Nikki; West, Jerry; Tarullo, Louisa – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children and their families,…
Descriptors: Credentials, School Readiness, Reading Readiness, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedGold, Susan – Child Study Journal, 1987
Examined the reliability and validity of the Individual Reading Readiness Inventory (IRRI) and determined that it could be used with confidence as a measure to predict the extent to which children would profit from formal reading instruction in kindergarten. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Predictive Measurement, Primary Education
Gunderson, Doris V. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1964
"Readiness for reading" is a phrase familiar to anyone interested in the teaching of reading. Readiness is an essential factor in any phase of learning. If the individual is to learn, some foundation for that learning must be established. Relatively few articles concerning the place of readiness in areas other than reading appear in educational…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Beginning Reading, Reading Readiness, Reading Readiness Tests
Garlikov, Patricia M. – 1987
By exploring the kindergarten program found in two public elementary schools in a middle-class neighborhood in central Alabama, a study examined age at school entry as a critical factor in achievement in Alabama kindergartens. The sample consisted of 100 kindergarten students (53 boys/47 girls; 96 white/4 black)--77 were 63 months or older, and 23…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Baker, Eva L. – 1968
The following criticism of current practices for determining reading readiness are discussed: (1) the variables measured by readiness tests are in many cases unrelated to instruction, (2) while the variables measured are correlated with reading achievement, this association does not attribute causality, and (3) the criterion selected for measuring…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Predictive Measurement, Prereading Experience, Reading Achievement
