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Direct linkYang, Yu-Fen – Computers & Education, 2010
In face-to-face instruction of "Reciprocal Teaching (RT)", students' reading processes and dialogues with their peers are hardly observed. As a result, the teacher has few clues to identify students' learning difficulties and provide further scaffoldings. To record students' reading processes and enhance their comprehension, this study reports on…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Remedial Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement
Reading Newsreport, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Programs, College Students, Prisoners, Reading Comprehension
Download full textCARTER, HOMER L. J.; MCGINNIS, DOROTHY J. – 1966
FACTORS CONSIDERED CRUCIAL IN CONDUCTING A COLLEGE-ADULT READING PROGRAM BY THE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY READING STAFF ARE PRESENTED AS A GUIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW READING PROGRAMS ON THIS LEVEL. EIGHT PRINCIPLES DERIVED FROM EXPERIENCE WITH THE 22-YEAR-OLD WESTERN MICHIGAN READING PROGRAM CONCERNING TEACHER ROLE, A STUDENT'S…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Developmental Reading, Educational Objectives
Maleki, Razieh B.; Heerman, Charles E. – 1992
This paper focuses on methods to improve the reading abilities of college students. A list of five elements college instructors (who are not reading specialists) should establish in a content reading agenda is offered; (1) an instructional basis for the reading process which will work for them; (2) content literacy environments; (3) insights into…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Mathematics
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Kingston, Albert J., Jr., Ed. – 1961
Focusing on phases of college and other adult reading programs, the papers in this volume were drawn from the tenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1960. Among the topics discussed in the 15 papers are the following: reading improvement in government, contributions of education to college and adult reading, the influence…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Thurston, Eric L., Ed.; Hafner, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1964
Focusing on new concepts in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the thirteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1963. The 20 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains descriptions and evaluations of reading programs, a study of methods of training teachers for the…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Nacke, Phil L., Ed. – 1973
The papers in this yearbook are, for the most part, research investigations and position papers concerned with theoretical issues. The papers are grouped according to major areas which include: "Investigations of Studying," which looks at student-generated questions, advanced organizers, pre-outline organizers, and practice effects;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Censorship, College Students
Bell, Martha J., Ed.; And Others – 1983
The articles in this collection address basic questions about college reading theory, curriculum, and assessment. Major article titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Reading Achievement," by Anthony R. Petrosky; (2) "Excerpt from 'A Proposal for Reading Stages'," by Jeanne S. Chall; (3) "Finding a Sense of Wonder in Language and Literacy," by…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Course Content, Critical Thinking
