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The Effect of Course Instruction in Reading Comprehension on Reading Gain.
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Smith, Christine – Reading World, 1983
Concludes that a course in reading based on reading as a communication process improved the reading comprehension of college students. Discusses the various components of the course. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
The Administrator and the Reading Program--What to Look for in a Reading Lesson.
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Rauch, Sidney J. – Reading World, 1982
Offers 22 characteristics of a good reading lesson and suggests that administrators keep four things in mind when observing a reading lesson: motivation, clarification, application, and satisfaction. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Observation Criteria, Program Effectiveness
The Administrator and the Reading Program: An Annotated Bibliography on Reading Leadership.
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Rauch, Sidney J.; Sanacore, Joseph – Reading World, 1984
Annotates 21 sources of information about the role of effective administrative leadership in the school reading program. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Training and Supervising Student Tutors for College Reading Programs.
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Sakiey, Elizabeth – Reading World, 1980
Discusses the selection and training of student tutors for college reading programs, the supervision of tutors, and studies of the effectiveness of college-level peer tutoring programs. (GT)
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, Higher Education, Peer Teaching
Research on College Reading Programs and Student Retention Efforts.
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Heerman, Charles E. – Reading World, 1983
Concludes that greater attention must be paid to program evaluation, differential treatment models must be identified that address sequence of treatment within a semester and across several semesters, and reading research must be reconceptualized along the lines of retention research if college reading instruction is to be effective. (FL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Predictor Variables, Program Effectiveness
The Principal and the Reading Program.
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Mottley, Reed R.; McNinch, George H. – Reading World, 1984
Examines the extent to which elementary school principals perceive themselves as performing specific reading supervision or administration behaviors connected with teachers, students, policy, or the community. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Principals