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Tompkins, Stephen R. – 1979
A speed reading/scholarship skills course was offered to college-bound students in the Dallas, Texas, school system in 1977-78. Approximately 1,700 students took the 60-day elective course in 20 different high schools. As measured by the Nelson-Denny Standardized Reading Test and compared to college freshman norms, students registered the…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Gifted, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedJensen, Shirley – Roeper Review, 1979
The article describes a reading program for gifted high school students which includes speed reading, vocabulary development, spelling, advanced study skills, and a research paper. (PHR)
Descriptors: Gifted, Program Descriptions, Reading Programs, Research Skills
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
Varat, Nancy – Reading Newsreport, 1972
Describes a performance contract for average and above average students. (RB)
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Educational Technology, Educational Television, Performance Contracts
Download full textLOWE, A. J. – 1966
THIS PAPER PRESENTS FINDINGS BASED UPON APPROXIMATELY 50 PUBLISHED SURVEYS OF COLLEGE READING PROGRAMS SINCE 1921. PROGRAMS VARIED FROM INDIVIDUAL, INCIDENTAL HELP TO COMPREHENSIVE COURSES IN READING IMPROVEMENT. NO SET PATTERNS ARE NOTED FOR LENGTH OF TRAINING, COST, OR AMOUNT OF CREDIT GIVEN. PROGRAMS PRIOR TO 1940 STRESSED STUDY HABITS,…
Descriptors: Colleges, Counseling, Educational Media, Instructional Materials
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
Johnson, Laura S., Ed. – 1980
This monograph consists of selected International Reading Association convention and journal articles that describe reading programs for adult learners in the United States. The focus of the articles is on continuing adult education and developing advanced reading skills rather than on remedial or basic skills. Topics of selections include…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Students, Functional Reading
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
Torrant, 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
Ketcham, Clay A., Ed. – 1966
The proceedings of the ninth annual meeting of the College Reading Association consisted of the following papers: (1) "President's Address" (R. C. Aukerman); (2) "Planning and Implementing a College Reading Program" (M. Schleich); (3) "Reinforcement Counseling with Small Groups in Modifying Study of College Students"…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Linguistics
