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Cottrill, Tom; Alciatore, Robert T. – Western Speech, 1974
Compared were a programmed approach to a conventional approach. (CH)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, College Freshmen, Comprehension, Higher Education
Dwyer, Edward J. – 1978
A study of the effects of using the MRM (message unit--verb unit--message unit) instructional system on reading comprehension was studied using 69 college freshmen, 37 in an experimental group and 32 in a control group. Both groups were engaged in a variety of activities designed to promote greater reading efficiency as a regular part of their…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Reading Comprehension
Manning, Phyllis J. – 1978
The language teaching method presented here is an inter-related set of techniques for teaching target comprehension skills directly to students on both university and high school levels. Three elements of the method are discussed: (1) the basics of a comprehension-based classroom; (2) the expanded speaking component; and (3) the expanded reading…
Descriptors: Comprehension, German, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
Brause, Rita Susan – 1975
The hypothesized relationship between an individual's age, educational background, and ability to understand aspects of semantic ambiguity was investigated in this study. The 90 subjects included ten students in each of grades two, four, six, eight, and ten, as well as ten college undergraduates, ten graduate students, ten high school graduates,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Ambiguity, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Antier, Maurice – 1978
Comprehension for the foreign language learner is discussed, and it is claimed that comprehension is not a by-product of the other skills but should be taught and tested throughout a course of study. The channel or medium used in communication will influence the understanding of the message. Differences involved in reading and listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Comprehension
Ellson, Douglas G.; And Others – 1973
The Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) of the South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) evaluates its self-instructional program for English listening comprehension in this final report. The program was designed for students whose English language proficiency does not enable them to follow…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Anderson, Thomas H. – 1978
A review of the research on study techniques indicates that reading and generating questions from the material is an effective technique for ensuring better comprehension. Familiarity with a model of studying that divides studying into prereading, reading, and postreading provides one explanation for this effectiveness. In prereading, students…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Comprehension, Higher Education, Independent Study
Moirand, Sophie – Languages for Special Purposes, 1978
Regardless of the way in which one chooses authentic texts for a course in reading a language for special purposes, at one time or another, one is confronted with the problem of textual analysis. The analysis has to be done in view of the course objectives. A pre-instructional analysis allows the instructor to work out teaching strategies which…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Comprehension, Critical Reading, Discourse Analysis
Sheridan, E. Marcia – 1978
Recent studies on schema theory and other concepts related to reading comprehension are discussed in this paper. Noting that the psycholinguistic model of reading views reading as a process of predicting meaning based on the reader's prior knowledge of language, the paper describes recent research that has led to a definition of reading…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Davis, Robert A. – Impr Coll Univ Teaching, 1970
Student should follow individual learning program the teacher has helped him plan. (IR)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Intellectual Development
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DiVitto, Barbara; McArthur, Leslie Zebrowitz – Developmental Psychology, 1978
This study examines developmental differences in third and sixth graders' and college students' use of distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency information for making causal attributions. (CM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, College Students, Comprehension
Tinkler, Trevor – 1978
This article describes a course in listening comprehension methodology in a College of Education in Holland. The main concern of the article is to examine the teacher-trainer's organization of the students' learning process. The course is divided into three sections: (1) group discussion of the concept of listening comprehension; (2) discussion of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comprehension, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
McDiarmid, G. Williamson; And Others – 1989
To help students in school develop a flexible understanding of subject matter, teachers need to foster understanding of the relationships within and across disciplines, what specialists in a field do, how knowledge in a discipline is generated, tested, and revised, and how knowledge in the discipline relates to the learners' environment.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Comprehension, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
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Nevo, Barukh; And Others – System, 1977
An attempt was made to evaluate the effectiveness of a standard one-year advanced English course at Haifa University by administering the same English comprehension test to students before and after the course. Results show that the higher the initial level of the student, the higher his improvement score. (CHK)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Course Evaluation, English (Second Language), Higher Education
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Siegler, Robert S.; Richards, D. Dean – Developmental Psychology, 1979
The rule assessment approach was used to examine five-, eight-, eleven-, and twenty-year-olds' concepts of time, speed, and distance. (CM)
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Decision Making
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