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Torgeson, Ronald M. – 1977
Information is provided concerning the reading performance of North Dakota students and is reported as the percentage of correct responses for each objective. Students in grades 4, 8, and 11 in North Dakota's public and private schools were assessed. Information about basic reading objectives was collected in order to evaluate their relationship…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
Download full textFAY, LEO C.; AND OTHERS – 1965
A CURRICULUM GUIDE TO REMEDIAL READING FOR GRADES 3-12 PREPARED BY THE INDIANA STATE COMMITTEE ON READING IS PRESENTED. EIGHT MAJOR AREAS ARE DISCUSSED IN THE GUIDE--(1) THE PURPOSE OF THE REMEDIAL PROGRAM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS, (2) THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SUMMER REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM, (3) THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN REMEDIAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Schools, Independent Reading
MURPHY, HELEN A. – 1965
THE PROBLEMS EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY WERE (1) THE RELATIONSHIP OF PERCEPTION OF WORD ELEMENTS TO SIGHT VOCABULARY GROWTH, (2) THE EFFECT OF EARLY TEACHING OF A SPEECH-BASED PHONICS PROGRAM ON READING ACHIEVEMENT, AND (3) THE VALUE OF WRITING EMPHASIS IN THE SPEECH-BASED PHONICS PROGRAM. THREE READING PROGRAMS WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, EACH USED…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1
Avant, Glen R.; O'Brien, Michael L. – 1980
The Rasch Model was used to define the word analysis skill variable and to develop, field test, and calibrate a corresponding test for grades 2-12: the Emory Word Analysis Skill Inventory (EWASI). Word analysis objectives focusing on content and hierarchical levels of difficulty were identified and field tested with 78 students, grades 2-12,…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Tests
Andover Public Schools, MA. – 1978
This packet contains portions of each component of a reading program designed to teach basic skills to children in grades one through six and to foster their enjoyment of literature. Various sections of the packet contain behavioral objectives for the skill areas of phonetic analysis, structural analysis, word meaning, comprehension, and word…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Education, Grammar
Doane, Christine P. – 1979
A study of the effects of pictures and context cues in teaching sight word vocabulary used six high ability and six low ability first grade students for each of four experimental conditions: word alone, picture, sentence with no picture (context), and sentence plus picture. The procedures included acquisition and test trials, a retention test…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Context Clues, Grade 1, Low Ability Students
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
Dykstra, Robert – 1968
During the first year of the program, 27 individual projects enrolling approximately 20,000 first-grade pupils were involved. Fifteen of these projects participated in a second-grade followup study. Some conclusions based on an analysis of data are (1) that prereading knowledge of letter names is the best single predictor of reading achievement in…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Kinesthetic Methods
Goetz, Elizabeth M.; Etzel, Barbara C. – 1978
Three reading procedures for learning isolated words--whole-word, syllable-blending, and phonics-blending--were examined to determine which was the most effective for preschool children. The six preschool children in the study were divided into two groups to assess the effects of the length and number of different letters in a series of training…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Learning Processes, Phonics
Dawson, Mildred A., Comp. – 1971
A series of articles with the chief emphasis on phonics as a means of analyzing words is presented. Various articles pertain to elementary, secondary, and college level instruction. The first of the five parts into which the volume is divided is comprised of a single article which gives an excellent overview of the field of word recognition. Part…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, College Students, Context Clues, Elementary School Students
PDF pending restorationMackey, W.F.; Savard, J. -G. – 1967
To supplement other lists of most useful words based on such criteria as frequency of usage, range, and availability, this listing measures the capacity of 3,000 words of the French vocabulary to define, extend the meaning of, or to replace other words. Descriptions of the measures of definition, inclusion, extension, and combination are followed…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Computational Linguistics, Coordinate Indexes, Data Analysis
Schreiner, Robert L. – 1969
As the result of an analysis and synthesis of reading comprehension skills studies, it was suggested that teachers attempt to simplify comprehension questions by recognizing two basic types: literal and nonliteral. It was noted that a student's success in obtaining meaning depends on (1) his competency in determining word meaning, (2) his…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Factor Analysis, Factual Reading
Wayne - Carroll Public Schools, Wayne, NE. – 1974
Presented in the language arts teaching guide, developed by Project Success (Nebraska) through a Title III grant for language handicapped elementary level students, are 33 basic lessons stressing phonics, a daily writing program, and ideas for creative writing. Noted are characteristics of students and goals of Project Success. The language…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Education, Language Arts
Dyer, Frederick N. – 1970
English-speaking monolinguals named colors as quickly as possible when the color stimuli were color names written either in English or a number of other languages. Color naming was found to be slowest for English words and increased in speed as the foreign color names become less similar to their English equivalents. In a second experiment,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Association (Psychology), Bilingualism, Color
Sherk, John K.; Mocker, Donald W. – 1972
A national study of methods and materials used in teaching reading by adult education teachers was conducted. The purposes of the study were: to determine from ABE, GED, and ESL teachers the most popular methods, materials, and techniques currently in use for reading instruction in adult education; to determine the "goodness of fit" between the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Instructional Materials
