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Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Jiao, Qun G. – Reading Psychology, 2008
The present study examined the relationship between reading ability (i.e., reading comprehension and reading vocabulary) and academic procrastination among 120 African American graduate students. A canonical correlation analysis revealed statistically significant and practically significant multivariate relationships between these two reading…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Reading Assignments, Graduate Students, Reading Comprehension
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Daines, Delva – Reading Psychology, 1987
Indicates that each instructional unit was composed of several mini-lessons rather than representing an integrated and related unit organized around a central purpose. Finds that lesson parts failed to make logical connections to previous or following parts. Concludes that the nature of reading lessons could be a contributing factor to the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Coherence, Connected Discourse, Elementary Education
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McNeil, John D. – Reading Psychology, 1989
Describes an investigation to determine whether junior high school students generate important meanings from their social studies textbooks, and to assess the kind of information students derive from text when they have tests in mind. Indicates that adolescents isolate and particularize their reading to meet perceived test demands. (MG)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level, Questionnaires