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Download full textWilliams, Gilbert H.; And Others – 1971
A learning center at San Bernardino Valley College was established to diagnose and correct reading deficiencies in their students. The learning center focuses on specific reading skills and uses prescriptive teaching to tailor the method and materials to the individual students. Test scores indicate the particular reading problems the student has,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Individualized Instruction, Reading Centers
Hymon, Mary Watson – 1970
A college reading program at Grambling College of Louisiana, funded through Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, is reported. The cooperation of library personnel with the program of the college Communicative and Study Skills Center provided students with opportunities to become acquainted with library facilities and to increase their…
Descriptors: Black Literature, College Libraries, College Programs, College Students
Brittain, Mary M.; Brittain, Clay V. – 1982
Methods of assessing the reading needs of college students can be examined in relation to two broad categories of college reading programs: (1) the self-contained course or sequence of courses in reading and study skills, and (2) courses or programs in which instruction in reading and study skills is interwoven with supplementary instruction in a…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
Ratekin, Ned – 1971
The effects of a 10-weeks program in reading skills instruction or study skills instruction on culturally disadvantaged college freshmen in improving reading and academic performance were studied to identify optimum programs for particular students. Subjects were 60 entering freshmen scoring at or below the 30th percentile on the Iowa Silent…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Christ, Frank L., Ed. – 1969
The report drawn from the second annual conference that was designed to provide professional dialogue for those concerned with the improvement of college reading programs, this volume contains the following papers: "Organization, Development, and Implementation of College Reading/Study Skills Programs: Some Assumptions and Conclusions" by Frank L.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education, Reading Diagnosis
Capuzzi, Dave; And Others – 1974
Examples of innovations in college and adult reading reading programs in five states are described. At Maricopa Technical College (Arizona) adult students have access to a special reading program emphasizing the language experience approach, capitalizing on students' life experiences and oral language facility. Otero Junior College (Colorado)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, College Instruction
