Lessons From the Reading Clinic

2006 ◽  
pp. 211-232
Keyword(s):  
Reading Clinic

The Effects of Kephart's Perceptual Motor-Training on a Reading Clinic Sample

1972 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 545-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Poor Readers ◽  
Motor Training ◽  
Binocular Fusion ◽  
Average Intelligence ◽  
Summer Session ◽  
Reading Clinic ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training

The present study is concerned with the effects of Kephart's perceptual-motor training procedures upon the reading performance of poor readers in a reading clinic population with average and above average intelligence. The study was conducted during a six-week summer session. This study also compares the effectiveness of training upon the reading performance of children with binocular fusion difficulties and those having no visual defects. Subjects were of average and above average intelligence in school grades 4 to 12. There were 41 subjects in each group, experimental and control, matched for age grade, IQ, and reading performance. All pupils received two hours of reading instruction daily. Experimental pupils received three types of perceptual-motor training for a half hour daily for six weeks: chalkboard training consisting of four tracing exercises in balance, laterality, and directionality. Results showed that perceptual-motor training had no effect upon reading comprehension of poor readers, yet effects upon oral reading were close to significant (.10 > p >.05). Kephart's perceptual-motor exercises did not improve the reading performance of children with binocular fusion difficulties.

Coding and Clairvoyance in a Dual Aspect Test with Children

1965 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 745-748
Author(s):  
Stanley Krippner
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
State University ◽  
Kent State University ◽  
Summer Reading ◽  
Child Study ◽  
Reading Clinic ◽  
Study Center

During a summer reading clinic held at the Kent State University Child Study Center, 40 school children were asked to record their guesses in regard to 25 cards in a sealed envelope. The multiple-choice answer sheets listed 25 series of 5 words. The envelope, however, contained coded symbols of these words in the form of photographic reproductions. Test II involved a deck of 25 cards containing the words themselves rather than pictures of the words. To encourage motivation, a transistor radio was promised to the highest scorer. On Test I, correct choices were not made significantly more often than chance. On Test II, the number of hits was statistically significant, indicating that coded symbol targets were more difficult to perceive by clairvoyance than non-coded targets.

Eye Dominance in a Reading Clinic Population

1976 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 712-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyelle L. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Eye Dominance ◽  
Reading Clinic ◽  
Dominance Tests ◽  
Clinic Population

Eye dominance tests (24 comparisons) varied markedly in agreement with each other for 225 consecutive screening evaluations (5 yr. to 55 yr.) in a reading clinic.

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