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Download full textDuffy, Thomas M.; And Others – 1975
Concern about the discrepancy between the reading ability of naval personnel and the level of reading material they must deal with in a naval career prompted the study summarized in this report. Focusing on literacy standards and on meeting the standards of reading difficulty and reading ability, the report discusses short-range research and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Armed Forces, Educational Programs, Language Skills
Peer reviewedOsborne, Donald L.; Barnes, Michael – Reading Improvement, 1979
Concludes that there is a need for a broader-based compensatory reading program at the college freshman and sophomore levels. (FL)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMoyer, Sandra B. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The readability levels of ten basal readers commonly used to develop word recognition and comprehension skills in learning disabled children from grades 3 through 6 were compared with the readability levels of their accompanying workbooks. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Learning Disabilities, Readability
McClellan, Dorinda Ann – 1970
Efforts of a junior-college staff to provide materials which students in college transfer, terminal, or noncredit programs can read are described. Since the community college has an open enrollment plan, the needs in this regard are widely varied. In order to meet those needs, a study was made of the 358 students in the college's initial…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Open Enrollment, Readability
Schwartz, Barbara C. – 1972
A traditional reading program and an individualized reading program were compared in terms of numbers of books read by pupils in a given period, the types of books selected by the pupils, and readability levels of books selected. It was hypothesized that individualized reading pupils would read more, and that pupils in the traditional reading…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Grade 8, Group Reading, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
