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Download full textWood, Phyllis Anderson – 1975
This document describes the guidelines followed by the author in writing books for reluctant or unskilled teen-age readers and discusses the techniques which should be used when helping these readers to understand and appreciate what they read so that they will want to continue reading. In addition, the document contains questions for discussion…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Directed Reading Activity, Reading Development
Santeusanio, Richard P. – 1974
The major purpose of this study was to relate individual differences among selected Suffolk University freshmen to their ability to succeed academically through a reading study skills course which utilized a teacher-directed approach and a student-directed approach. The subject were 87 students from a freshman class who had graduated in the bottom…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Directed Reading Activity, Higher Education, Individualized Reading
Stewart, Elneita Wallace – 1969
The reading improvement program at Texas Southern University employed newspapers, magazines, books, seminars, exhibits, plays, and interdisciplinary reading material to service freshman students and upperclassmen with reading deficiencies. Newspapers were used to inform, to appeal to immediate interests, to develop skimming ability, to increase…
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, College Programs, Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading
