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Thurston, Eric L., Ed.; Hafner, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1965
Focusing on the philosophical and sociological bases of reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the fourteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1964. Among the topics covered in the 27 papers are the following: the philosophy and sociology of reading; reading reform; adult literacy; paperback books; factors in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure, College Students
Causey, Oscar S., Ed.; Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed. – 1960
Focusing on research and evaluation in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the ninth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1959. Among the topics discussed in the 19 papers are the following: a proposed model of reading comprehension, factors affecting reading test performance, student attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Evaluation Methods
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1971
Focusing on the right to read, the articles in this volume were drawn from the twentieth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1970. Among the topics discussed in the 50 articles are the following: oral associates as predictors of verbal ability, reading readiness, the reading process, reading diagnosis, adult reading programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1968
Focusing on multidisciplinary aspects of college and adult reading, the 27 articles in this volume were drawn from the seventeenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1967. Among the topics discussed in the articles are the following: psychological embarrassments of reading, rapid reading, reading rate, tutoring in a college…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Content Area Reading
Fisher, Joseph A., Ed. – 1982
This yearbook contains selected papers presented at the twenty-third and twenty-fourth annual meetings of the North Central Reading Association, held in October of 1981 and 1982. Papers in the yearbook include: "History of Adult Reading Programs" (Clarence Anderson); "About Creativity and Study Skills" (Mark E. Thompson); "Recent Changes in…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1970
This is the first of two volumes containing papers focusing on reading processes and pedagogy that were drawn from the nineteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1969. Among the topics discussed in the 42 papers are the following: underlining, individualized reading instruction, reading improvement programs in industry…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Critical Reading
Ketcham, Clay A., Ed. – 1963
The proceedings of the sixth annual meeting of the College Reading Association included the following papers: (1) "President's Report: Retrospect and Prospect" (Mrs. H. E. Ketcham); (2) "Can Reading Instruction Meet the Present Academic Challenge?" (P. D. Leedy); (3) "Hereditary Factors in Certain Reading…
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, College Programs, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Ketcham, Clay A., Ed. – 1964
The proceedings of the seventh annual meeting of the College Reading Association consisted of the following papers: (1) "President's Report" (Martha J. Maxwell); (2) "The Library Is Your Reading Test" (Nancy Larrick); (3) "The Lehigh--Bethlehem ITA Study Interim Report Four" (Albert J. Mazurkiewicz); (4) "The…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Programs, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
New England Consortium for the Right to Read, Kingston, RI. – 1975
The seven papers in this booklet include "Continuous Progress in Reading," which discusses managing continuing progress programs, clarifies the rationale underlying continuous progress programs, outlines a developmental checklist of objectives, and offers suggestions for arranging for continuous assessment of progress and providing for…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1969
Focusing on the psychology of reading behavior, the 36 articles in this volume were drawn from the eighteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1968. Among the topics discussed in the articles are the following: eye movement, the psychology of reading behavior, reading improvement, reading tests, reading research, leisure…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Coombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1970
This is the second of two volumes containing papers focusing on reading processes and pedagogy that were drawn from the nineteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1969. Among the topics covered in the 37 papers are the following: interpersonal dynamics in counseling students with learning problems, developing an effective…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Center for Professional Development. – 1991
In April 1991, members of the Kentucky Educational Research Association (KERA), held a conference to discuss performance assessment and its use in Kentucky schools. The following papers from the conference are included: (1) "Our Conference and the Performance Assessment Committee" (S. Kifer); (2) "Performance Assessment: A National…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Conference Papers, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Kim, Youb, Ed.; Risko, Victoria J., Ed.; Compton, Donald L., Ed.; Dickinson, David K., Ed.; Hundley, Melanie K., Ed.; Jimenez, Robert T., Ed.; Leander, Kevin M., Ed.; Rowe, Deborah Wells, Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2008
This publication offers the 57th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). This Yearbook begins with a preface and presents profiles of two awardees, John E. McEneaney and Scott G. Paris. Included in this Yearbook are the following papers: (1) The Education of African-American Students: Voicing the Debates, Controversies, and Solutions…
Descriptors: African American Students, Recreational Reading, Reading Ability, Scholarship
Figurel, J. Allen, Ed. – 1962
This book contains the 72 papers presented and discussed at the 1962 International Reading Association conference. The book is divided into five parts: the keynote address, ("Challenge and Experiment in the Teaching of Reading"), 30 papers that expand the theme set by the keynote address, 21 research studies in reading fields, 10…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Multimedia Instruction
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