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Spurlin, Joni E.; And Others – 1980
The effectiveness of different frequencies of summarization during studying and processing prose passages was compared. The 48 college students in the study were equally divided into a control group (normal study techniques), a frequent summarization group that created four noncumulative summaries at equally spaced intervals throughout the passage…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
Greenewald, M. Jane; And Others – 1973
A study was carried out to discover if readers responded affectively to the connotative meanings of certain words and if better readers were more or less responsive to these connotations than were average or poor readers. A total of 120 students in five intact eleventh grade classes completed semantic differential scales to measure both individual…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Comparative Analysis, Critical Reading, Emotional Response
