A no-cost, easy to use technique for increasing the reading vocabulary of beginning readers is described in this report. A large number of common words can be elicited from children in a word-association game, to which children respond with words that are highly meaningful to them, and often to their culture. The children then use these words to…

This monograph points out the difficulties in language development of which teachers should be aware, suggests some methods through which children may be helped to overcome comprehension problems, and presents bibliographies helpful for persons who wish to undertake further reading. Chapters include "Some Possible Origins of the Prevalence of…

The aim of this study was to test a hypothesis derived from the Cognitive Clarity Theory which compares Indian and non-Indian children in two localities of British Columbia. It was hypothesized that, in comparison with Indian children, the non-Indian children would show significantly superior performance on objective tests of cognitive clarity in…

The progress of 1970-71 kindergarten students from systematically selected schools was followed until June 1973. A formal reading program was administered to experimental pupils as a part of the kindergarten curriculum. Findings indicate that pupils from high socioeconomic schools know concepts usually taught in kindergarten before they enter…

Edited versions of papers presented at the 1971 and 1972 Western Washington State College conferences on the teaching of reading and language arts comprise the contents of this book. Titles of the papers are (1) "Reading Alone," (2) "Individualized Language Activities and the Nurture of Individuality," (3) "Making the Beginning of Reading a…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect that various methods of using television have on instruction in reading for second graders. A specific part of the study was to explore whether teacher interaction is an important consideration in the use of the educational television program, "The Electric Company." A sample of 156…

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationship between cognitive style and reading readiness in kindergarten children categorized as potential successes or failures in reading. The cognitive styles that were assessed consisted of field-independence-dependence and impulsivity-reflectivity. The subjects were 60 male and 60 female…

This teacher's guide is designed for use with "La Ciudad" and "Otros Amigos, Otras Culturas," two textbooks in the second part of the Spanish language series of readers. It contains lesson plans to enable the teacher to make better use of the texts and includes illustrations taken from each of the books themselves. (SK)

This teacher's guide is designed for use with the following textbooks in the Spanish language reading series: "Mira,""Mira y Lee,""Lee y Trabaja," and "Trabaja y Aprende." It contains lesson plans for each text and illustrations from the books themselves. (SK)

This study evaluated the effect of a Head Start program on children's intelligence and reading achievement test scores over a three year period. Each of 25 Head Start children was paired with a non-Head Start child of the same reace, sex, age, socioeconomic status, date of school entrance, kindergarten experience, promotion record, and type of…

This consumable, graded workbook can be used for exercises, tests, and individualized learning. Each level contains 30 units divided into four groups of exercises: reading analysis, grammar, composition, and spelling. Ten general tests are also included. For the accompanying reader, see FL 004 052. (Author/SK)

A total of 39 research studies done during the period 1967 to 1970 are included in this review. Two of these are doctoral dissertations and the others are reported in journal articles. The overall concerns are the young child and elementary school children. The reviewed studies are divided into five categories: Pre-Reading Programs and Activities,…

This manual presents an English phonetic reading program based upon pictures which provide clues to each fundamental speech in the language. Pupils are thus able, through auditory and visual discrimination exercises, to match an English speech sound with its proper alphabet symbol. For related documents, see FL 003 749, FL 003 750, and FL 003…

This paper reviews some recent research on the component skills necessary to learn to read by phonic techniques. The review is divided into four sections, each relating research on one of the skills necessary for novel word decoding. The four skill areas are: (1) learning invariant grapheme-phoneme correspondences; (2) relating the isolated letter…

Selected by the International Reading Association's Committee on Psycholinguistics and Reading, the papers in this volume were first presented at the 1968 IRA Preconvention Institute: (1) "Reading Is Only Incidentally Visual" (Kolers) suggests that the teaching of reading should move away from the purely visual; (2) "Some Thoughts on Spelling"…