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Peer reviewedHansell, T. Stevenson – Journal of Reading, 1981
Suggests using readability formulas, a skills inventory, an introspective report, and diagnostic approaches based on models of comprehension as informal evaluations of students' content reading ability. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Informal Reading Inventories, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1983
Three contributors offer suggestions for (1) increasing remedial readers' interest in books and reading, (2) using sentence combining to improve vocabulary, and (3) using microcomputers to compensate for students' varied reading levels. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedBaechtold, Shirley; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes how news magazines were used successfully as supplements to teach civic literacy, vocabulary, and writing to college level reluctant readers. Contains two sample exercises. (HOD)
Descriptors: Current Events, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Periodicals
