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Download full textFujitaki, Nancy M. – 1974
The Intern Training Program in the Learning Assistance Center (LAC) at California State University, Long Beach, represents a systematic training program for college reading/study skills specialists. The internship consists primarily of participants processing information on the rationale, operations, and procedures of a Learning Assistance Support…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Instruction, Competency Based Teacher Education, Reading Instruction
Agardy, Franklin J. – 1981
Written so that the reader participates almost as if in a game, this book is aimed at achieving five goals: reading faster, understanding better, remembering longer, learning more easily, and thinking more clearly. Chapters discuss the following: (1) reading dynamics; (2) Evelyn Wood; (3) how to increase reading speed; (4) how to increase…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement
Keetz, Mary A. – 1970
An investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of a reading and study skills program for students taking a great number of courses that require quantitative reasoning, as well as other skills. Subjects were 53 freshmen enrolled at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. All of the subjects had failed one or more courses. A…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Freshmen, College Programs, Course Evaluation
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
BLIESMER, EMERY P. – 1967
A REVIEW OF 124 ARTICLES PERTAINING TO COLLEGE AND ADULT READING WHICH APPEARED IN THE PERIODICAL LITERATURE IS PRESENTED. THE ARTICLES ARE TREATED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--(1) PROGRAMS, INCLUDING READING AND STUDY HABITS, TRAITS, AND SKILLS, (2) THE INFLUENCE OF READING, STUDY HABITS, AND SKILLS, (3) THE FACTORS INFLUENCING READING AND OTHER…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Bliesmer, Emery P. – 1970
Research in college and adult reading for the period from September, 1969, through September, 1970, is reviewed. Over 160 studies are cited in the review which does not include proceedings of the 1970 National Reading Conference or of the 1970 International Reading Association Conference since these proceedings were not available at the time the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Capuzzi, Dave; And Others – 1974
Examples of innovations in college and adult reading reading programs in five states are described. At Maricopa Technical College (Arizona) adult students have access to a special reading program emphasizing the language experience approach, capitalizing on students' life experiences and oral language facility. Otero Junior College (Colorado)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, College Instruction
