Over- and underachievement, differences between reading and arithmetic total scores, and type of skill proficiency (concrete versus cognitive) were explored in 130 elementary school children referred by their teachers as behavior problems. (Author)

Investigated was the presence of perceptual or psycholinguistic immaturities in third grade students of normal intelligence (verbal IQ of at least 90) who were advanced or retarded in reading and spelling ability. (KW)

Study was concerned with whether there is a practical difference between the reading ability of the eight, ninth, and tenth grade students and the readibility levels of their assigned textbooks in English, science and social studies. Findings show that most of the textbooks assigned were too difficult for effective instructional usage. (RB)

The children in this study scored considerably lower than did the standardized samples on these tests. Further research is indicated. (Author)

Described is a home reading program for educationally disadvantaged elementary school children who need motivation to read at home. Principles of behavior change and parent role are the major motivation factors used in developing the children's reading ability. (CB)

Examines and rejects two traditional assumptions about fluent reading: that identification of letters is necessary to identify words; and that identification of words is necessary to comprehend. Proposes that identification and comprehension are two separate tasks and that a reader comprehends because he reads for meaning in the first place. (MB)

None of the studies on reading seem to have considered the possibility that all children should not be expected to read well. Reading should be taught as are other specific skills, other available resources being used to ensure that children are not excluded from education. (DM)

Describes a reading and listening study aid called a map" which, in addition to synthesizing information, displays it in pictorial form with special markings for main and supporting ideas. (MS)

Investigated the reading performance of two older adults with acquired dyslexia. The first could read words but not nonwords; the second read nonwords but could not give phonetic sounds. Results supported a lexical phonological strategy which operates independently of semantic processing and nonlexical phonological strategies. (JAC)

Individual differences and the role of advance organizers in reading comprehension were examined. Subjects read short passages sometimes preceded by a given type of advance organizer. Good readers showed greater recall of detail given either type of advance organizer; poor readers displayed enhanced recall of detail only for a particular type of…

The relationships between reading comprehension level, digit span, and short-term memory for Morse code-like temporal patterns were investigated. College students performed better when the first pattern was auditory. No relationship for college or fifth-grade students was found between digit span and accuracy in comparing patterns of tones.…