A paired-comparison paradigm was utilized to determine the preferences of 20 children (mean age 7.8 years) for listening rate for prose speech. (Author/PHR)

The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL): Performance of African Americans in a National Context Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) the 2003 NAAL was America's most comprehensive assessment of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). NAAL was a nationally representative…

Discusses the question of whether verse should be translated into verse or prose. Prose is preferred since it is more flexible and can therefore remain more faithful to the original meaning. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

A brief paper noting some of the great Japanese literary translators who rendered Western and other foreign classics into the Japanese language. (CK)

Translations of the Hungarian poet Petofi are examined in a discussion of the pros and cons of direct and indirect translation. (AM)

This study examined the ability of young children to correct comprehension errors, considered to be an aspect of comprehension monitoring. Kindergartners and second graders (N=32) heard a story about an unfamiliar situation, then answered questions which either assessed information contained within a single sentence, required the correct…

Organizational form significantly affected learning and retention in this name-attribute organizational study. Learning condition affected criterion performance, memory and error rates. An analysis of critical words (names, attributes, values) recalled indicated that hierarchical position influenced word memorability. (Author/MV)

Study is a further examination of the conditions under which retroactive inhibition occurs in prose. The two variables manipulated are the similarity of the interpolated stories (similar vs. dissimilar) and the response requirements (recall vs. recognition). (Author)

Explores found poems, straightforward prose passages that have an accidental lyrical or poetic quality to them. Describes found fragments that a reader may elaborate, extend, or rearrange into a found poem. (HTH)

This booklet presents a collection of 33 poems and stories, written by Arizona students in grades 7-12, who were finalists and winners in the 1991 annual Statehood Day Creative Writing Contest. (SR)

This booklet presents a collection of 38 poems and stories written by Arizona students in grades 7-12, who were finalists and winners in the 1993 annual Statehood Day Creative Writing Contest. (SR)

A procedure for creating a numerical index which can be used to score and rank summaries of prose passages is described. The quality of a summary is assumed to be a function of two variables: the number of important ideas mentioned, and the number of words used. Scoring involves multiplying two ratios: a power ratio and an efficiency ratio. The…

ALL STUDENTS IN THE ARCADIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTEMPT CREATIVE WRITING, IN CONJUNCTION WITH REGULAR CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS IN LANGUAGE ARTS, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROGRAM. A CREATIVE WRITING COMMITTEE OF TEACHERS CAREFULLY SELECTS AND JUDGES ALL WORK SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM TEACHERS. THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS SHORT, THREE- AND…

Previous work on recalling prose material can be criticized for its limited use of quantitative analysis and for neglecting the theoretical implications of the distinctions between verbatim and other forms of recall. Nine specially written passages used clauses and actual words to split reproduced material into verbatim, non-verbatim and intrusive…