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Causey, Oscar S., Ed.; Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed. – 1960
Focusing on research and evaluation in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the ninth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1959. Among the topics discussed in the 19 papers are the following: a proposed model of reading comprehension, factors affecting reading test performance, student attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Evaluation Methods
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
Drabek, Jane – 1980
Intended for use by adult basic education (ABE) instructors who are organizing or reorganizing their reading programs for individualized instruction, this guide outlines the ABE Reading Sequential Competency System (SCS). The main benefits of this particular system for reading are that it delineates a sequence of reading skills, allows the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Behavioral Objectives
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Staiger, Ralph C., Ed. – 1962
Focusing on problems, programs, and projects in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the eleventh annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1961. The 29 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains studies and theoretical papers that deal with reading speed and comprehension.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Thurston, Eric L., Ed.; Hafner, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1965
Focusing on the philosophical and sociological bases of reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the fourteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1964. Among the topics covered in the 27 papers are the following: the philosophy and sociology of reading; reading reform; adult literacy; paperback books; factors in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure, College Students
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1972
This is one of two volumes of papers drawn from the twenty-first annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1971. Focusing on junior college and college reading programs and problems, the 40 papers are arranged into the following categories: designs for programs, special admission students, ethnically different students, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Individualized Programs
