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Page 70 - Understanding a paragraph is like solving a problem in mathematics. It consists in selecting the right elements of the situation and putting them together in the right relations, and also with the right amount of weight or influence or force for each. The mind is assailed as it were by every word in the paragraph. It must select, repress, soften, emphasize, correlate and organize, all under the influence of the right mental set or purpose or demand.
Page 378 - Begin.' Stop at the end of each paragraph until I say ' Next.' If you should find some hard words, read them as best you can without help and continue reading.
Page 378 - While the pupil is reading, record two sets of facts in regard to the reading: the time required to read each paragraph and the errors made. (a) The time record is secured by noting the exact second at which the pupil begins reading a paragraph and the time when he completes it. The number of seconds required to read the paragraph should be recorded in the margin to the right of the paragraph.
Page 265 - ... these cases are. The way in which left-handedness may possibly operate as an initial handicap in reading, just as it has been shown to be in writing, is suggested by the following observations. The outgoing movement of the left hand is from the center of the body toward the left.
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Page 265 - In tachistoscopic experiments, there is a tendency for the left-handed to catch the end letters of words first, just as the right-handed commonly get the initial letters first. The reading of "when" as "now" would seem quite unintelligible except as one had observed this tendency.
Page 307 - METHOD 1. Learning first words. — The child was asked to tell some word he would like to learn. The word was written in large script on the blackboard or with crayola on cardboard. The child looked at the word, saying it over to himself and tracing it if he wished to do so. The tracing was done with the first two fingers of the right hand (or of the left hand if the child was left-handed) resting on the copy. It was never done in the air or with pencil. When the child was sure he knew the word,...
Page 307 - ... as he wrote them. If he was unable to write the word correctly, the entire process was repeated until the word could be written without the copy. At no stage of the performance was he allowed to copy the word. After a few words had been learned in this way, he was shown the word in print as well as in script. The next day he was shown the word in print only. If he failed to recognize it, it was written for him. If he still failed to recognize it, it was retaught as on the first presentation....
Page 44 - Now remember, first you are to look at the picture, then at the words next to the picture, then find the one word that goes best with the picture and make a ring around that one word.
Page 14 - A Study of Initial Stages in Reading by Preschool Children," Teachers College Record, November 1923.