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Download full textDistrict of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1972
The Auditory Reading Development Systems (ARDS) was devised to meet the educational needs of a segment of the model cities population that had not been reached by other programs. The ARDS is geared to teach the student whose reading level is 0.0 through 3.9, then 3.9 through 6.9, then 7.0 through 8.9. The target population is reached through…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Reading, Reading Ability
Follman, John – 1970
Underlying assumptions, enhancement procedures, and problems associated with the enhancement of critical reading were discussed. Empirical evidence was cited to demonstrate that critical reading could be defined as overlapping substantially with critical thinking and as sharing with critical thinking a very large verbal component, particularly…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Olson, Avis Jocelyn – 1972
The purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of a multimedia program of vocabulary development on the reading achievement of adults. An experimental and a control group were randomly chosen from Air Force personnel enrolled in the Prep remedial reading program. The instruments used in this study were: The United States Armed Service…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Educational Media, Reading, Reading Achievement
Swalm, James; Cox, Gordon – 1971
Reading programs for special admit college students were developed and included 13 skills: reading for main ideas and supporting details, noting sequence and development of main ideas and supporting details, developing flexibility in reading, underlining, summarizing, synthesis of several sources, critical reading, comparison and contrast of…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Content Area Reading, Reading Achievement
Raygor, Alton L., Ed. – 1963
This yearbook contains the papers presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the North Central Reading Association. The titles and authors of the papers included are: "Speed Reading vs. Effective Developmental Reading" by Lester Van Gilder; "Counseling and Reading, Their Interrelationship" by Boyd Jackson; "Recent Research in College and Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Developmental Reading, Inservice Education
Wark, David L., Ed. – 1971
This volume contains the sixteen papers presented to the 1968, 1969, and 1970 annual meetings of the North Central Reading Association. The papers are grouped into four sections: Programs and Centers, Materials and Techniques, Evaluation, and Professional Problems. Some of the topics concern tests and test-taking, attitudinal factors, descriptions…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Instruction, Conference Reports, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedLohrer, Alice, Ed. – Library Trends, 1973
The articles in this issue focus upon the implications of new research and trends in the psychology of the reading process, reading interests of children, the developmental values of reading, content analysis of children's books, adult reading studies, the adult new reader, and the implications of research for the publishing world. The articles…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Books, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes
