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Semke, Charles W.; Semke, Harriet D. – 1983
A small college in Iowa (Westmar College) undertook an experimental program to determine an experimental program to determine reading skills of underprepared students. Subjects were 20 students reading below the 12th grade level, of whom 9 were chosen randomly and offered a beginning German course instead of remedial reading. All elected to take…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, College Preparation, College Second Language Programs