Some oral reading errors were found to be more significant than others in evaluating a pupil's performance in reading at six comprehension levels. The percentage of seven kinds of errors (pronunciation, mispronunciation, omission, substitution, addition, repetition, and punctuation) was computed to the levels of reading comprehension for good,…

The "Right to Read" goal set by James E. Allen, Jr., former United States Commissioner of Education, is evaluated through a series of interviews with 25 leading authorities in reading. Allen's address is included in its entirety. The comments of the reading authorities, who often disagree among themselves, reflect the impact that the…

The purpose of this study was to determine the development of four specific letter-sound patterns from second through sixth grade: invariant consonants, long and short vowels, "c," and"g." A 69-item list was presented to second-, fourth-, and sixth-grade subjects in one of two random orders. Oral responses were tape recorded, transcribed by…

A comparison was made of normal and retarded subjects' (1) ability to utilize context to supply appropriate words in material which has been altered in its contextual properties, (2) comprehension of material read as a function of overtly using context versus covertly using context, and (3) reading comprehension as a function of material…

The relationship between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and reading in a clinic population was investigated in this study. Children in grades two through six with a WISC IQ of 80 and above were included in the study. Reading achievement was determined by the Diagnosic Reading Scales, the University of Georgia Reading Clinic…

This book, first of all, is a personal document, a revelation of the struggles of a bright, determined child and his family in understanding and coping with his severe language disability. Secondly, it is a guide for parents, directing them to the danger signals which may indicate future language problems in their children and taking them through…

The ability of 100 second-grade boys and girls to self-correct oral reading errors was studied in relationship to visual-form perception, phonic skills, response speed, and reading level. Each child was tested individually with the Bender-Error Test, the Gray Oral Paragraphs, and the Roswell-Chall Diagnostic Reading Test and placed into a group of…

Reported was a two part study of 59 educable mentally retarded (EMR) primary grade children which examined the possibility of ascertaining continuous word-association norms, word-association norms, and sentence norms for EMR children, and of utilizing the high word and sentence associations to facilitate reading instruction. Collection of both…

This three-phased program was aimed at strengthening reading instruction in teacher education courses. Included were a) a teaching laboratory coordinated with in-service instruction by teachers of college methods courses, b) a year-long reading workshop to prepare area teachers in specialized reading instruction, and c) a reading improvement…

This document is concerned with the efforts of the United Nations toward putting into concrete form the problem of adult education and its multiple aspects in an attempt to launch an attack against illiteracy. The point is put forth that one of the scandals of the 20th century is the percentage of people in the world who do not know how to read or…

The purpose of this manual is to identify and characterize reading abilities that seem necessary and appropriate to the comprehension of prose fiction and to stimulate reflection on matters concerning classroom instruction in these abilities. The focus of the manual is upon those concepts and generalizations which can be useful to the classroom…

Thirty third graders, divided into three equal groups, were used to determine the extent to which good, average, and poor readers depend upon two types of reading cues--graphic features of word and of context. To hold error quantity differences constant, materials were chosen at different levels of vocabulary and syntactic difficulty. Each subject…

The purposes of this research were to develop a new methodology for measuring comprehension and analyze individual differences in perceiving sentence difficulty. Written descriptions of commonly occurring visual scenes served as the stimuli in the new methodology. The reader's success in drawing a scene after viewing a written description of it…

This study attempted to validate both the Fry-Kernel Distance Theory and the De Pierro findings, in determining the suitability of text material for the students to be instructed. First-year community college students were presented with sentences arranged in pairs, each representing two of four prescribed types. Subjects were to select the harder…

Findings concerning the relationship of perceptual-motor and oral-language organization to later reading achievement are discussed in relation to a predictive battery of 15 tests. It was concluded that the predictive efficacy of the tests depends on the degree to which they measure integrative ability rather than on the specific skills measured.…