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Jacobson, Marsha Anhold – 1988
A practicum addressed the problem of achieving reading speed and accuracy along with reading comprehension in an eighth grade remedial class, by implementing short timed reading passages and teacher-made speed tapes. Eleven students were pretested and posttested with the Gates-MacGinitie reading test in comprehension, speed, and accuracy. The…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Download full textHerrera, Krista R. – 1991
A practicum addressed the significant difference between the reading comprehension levels of gifted students and their ability to demonstrate achieved levels on exams designed to measure these levels. Nineteen fifth-grade students participated in daily timed activities targeting reading comprehension, reading rate, attitudes towards test taking,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes
Culver, Lee C. – 1991
This study addressed the high retention percentage of college bound English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students exiting and ESL program who were retained in college developmental reading classes because of poor entrance test reading scores on the Multi-Assessment Placement Services (MAPS) exam. A computer reading program, implemented to improve…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension
