In the light of society’s course and changes, valuable human life and man’s participation in social activities are nowadays unthinkable without reading skills. Seeming to be elementary and natural the skill is not inborn. As a matter of fact, reading is a complex process having its own development and difficulties. An urgent problem is reading that students spend more and more time playing computer games, searching the Internet, communicating on mobile phones, so less time is allotted us learning reading and improving the reading skills. That’s why it was important for us to make clear how 1st grade students learn reading and what is the quality of the 2nd grade students’ reading skills. While pursuing this aim, I have made an analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature about the process of reading and did an investigation in town and village schools.

Millions of custodial suspects waive their rights each year without the benefit of legal counsel. The question posed to psychologists in disputed Miranda waivers is whether this waiver decision was, knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. Mental health professionals must be aware of potential barriers to Miranda comprehension to provide expert opinions regarding a defendant's competency to waive rights. The current study examined how Miranda warning reading level, length, and method of administration affects Miranda comprehension. Recently arrested detainees at Grayson County Jail were administered oral and written Miranda warnings from the Miranda Statements Scale (MSS; Rogers, 2005) to measure their comprehension of the warnings. Surprisingly low levels of Miranda comprehension were found for most warnings. For all warnings at or above 8th grade, a substantial minority (27.1% - 39.6%) of defendants exhibited failed (i.e., < 50% understanding) Miranda comprehension. Regardless of other variables, oral administrations resulted in a substantially larger number of defendants with failed Miranda comprehension. Implications for public policy and clinical practice are discussed.