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Peer reviewedBrooks, Clifford C. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Reports on changes initiated to assist college students with less than adequate reading skills. (AEA)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Habits
Manzo, Anthony V. – 1979
The college reading movement, its methods, organization, and, implicitly, the career opportunities within it, is critiqued in this report in terms of four categories of programs: (1) rapid reading with ancillary attention to study skills; (2) remedial type reading and study skills; (3) compensatory type programs; and (4) content area improvement…
Descriptors: College Programs, Compensatory Education, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs
Download full textTorrant, Katherine E. – 1968
Reading innovations incorporated into the Newton, Massachusetts, school system are discussed. The program emphasizes individual differences, the influence of the home environment in developing attitudes towards reading, and the importance of prereading experiences for kindergarten children. The basal reading program, the individualized reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Developmental Reading, Family Environment, Independent Reading
