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Bowman, Harry L.; And Others – 1986
A study was conducted to investigate the reading comprehension and educationally related characteristics and relationships that describe the Navy's recruit population. The variable of primary interest was the recruit's reading comprehension grade level score; other variables were years of education, aptitude score, high school graduation status,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Data Analysis, Military Personnel, Reading Comprehension
Bowman, Harry L.; Webb, Emily J. – 1987
A study was conducted to investigate the reading comprehension and educationally related characteristics and relationships that describe the Navy's recruit population. The variable of primary interest was the recruit's reading comprehension grade level score; other variables were years of education, aptitude score, high school graduation status,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Data Analysis, Military Personnel, Reading Comprehension
Download full textBowman, Harry L; And Others – 1989
A study investigated the reading comprehension and educationally related characteristics of the United States Navy's recruit population based on data for selected variables. The variable of primary interest was the recruit's grade level score on reading comprehension; other variable employed in the study were grade level score, years of education,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Data Analysis, Military Personnel, Profiles
Bowman, Harry L.; And Others – 1988
A study was conducted to investigate the reading comprehension and educationally related characteristics and relationships that describe the Navy's recruit population. The variable of primary interest was the recruit's reading comprehension grade level score; other variables were years of education, aptitude score, high school graduation status,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Data Analysis, Military Personnel, Profiles
Oxford-Carpenter, Rebecca L.; Schultz-Shiner, Linda J. – 1985
This paper addresses practical Army problems in reading assessment from a theory base reflecting the most recent research on reading comprehension. Military and occupational research shows that reading proficiency is related to job performance. Reading assessment is a key issue in the Army due to changes in the reading ability levels of the Army…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Psychometrics
Reading Comprehension and Related Characteristics of U.S. Navy Recruits: A Twelve-Month Description.
Bowman, Harry L.; Kerr, Norman J. – 1983
A study investigated the relationships among educationally related characteristics and month of service entry for 77,347 Navy recruits who entered the Navy between June 1982 and May 1983. Data were obtained from monthly Computer Managed Instruction (CMI) reports on Navy recruit characteristics and performance on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Education Work Relationship, Educational Experience, High School Graduates
