Listening Comprehension at the Intermediate-Grade Level

The study was designed primarily to determine whether a planned program of listening instruction would improve appreciably the listening abilities of intermediategrade children. In addition to the primary problem, these subproblems were explored: (1) whether ability in listening was closely allied to achievement in the fields of reading, arithmetic, spelling, and language; (2) whether there is a relation between listening comprehension and intelligence; and (3) whether other selected factors, such as size of family, sex of the child, time spent in watching television and types of programs viewed, influenced the listening ability of intermediate-grade children.