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Spache, George D. – 1968
College-adult reading research trends are discussed. The reading process; the influence of vision, perception, and personality; and program outcomes are noted as major trends of past studies, and a list of mistaken assumptions in these earlier studies is given. Present research shifts to the study of the role of both teacher and student…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Counseling
Bliesmer, Emery P. – 1968
One hundred seventy-nine research reports on college and adult reading are reviewed under five major headings: (1) programs; (2) reading, study, and related habits, traits and skills; (3) influence of reading, study, and related habits and skills; (4) factors influencing reading and other study habits and skills; and (5) testing, readability,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Programs, Literature Reviews, Readability
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1970
The first of two volumes of proceedings for the 19th annual National Reading Conference contains 41 addresses generally concerned with the reading process. In most cases these are descriptions of research studies examining facets of the reading process. A few others are position papers describing models of reading. Among the topics considered are…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, College Programs, College Students
Download full textCausey, Oscar S., Ed. – 1954
This yearbook contains the papers presented at the third annual meeting of the Southwest Reading Conference for Colleges and Universities as well as additional articles of interest written by members. Topics considered: reading in the college curriculum, evaluation of the tachistoscope in reading improvement programs, recent research relative to…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Programs, College Students, Higher Education
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
Fisher, Joseph A., Ed. – 1982
This yearbook contains selected papers presented at the twenty-third and twenty-fourth annual meetings of the North Central Reading Association, held in October of 1981 and 1982. Papers in the yearbook include: "History of Adult Reading Programs" (Clarence Anderson); "About Creativity and Study Skills" (Mark E. Thompson); "Recent Changes in…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies
Nacke, Phil L., Ed. – 1973
Significant themes of the papers included in this twenty-second Yearbook of the National Reading Conference are teacher education programs in reading and the competency-based concept of teaching. Some specific topics are accountability in the community college reading program, adult reading improvement programs, and uses of the cloze procedure,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure, College Programs, Communication Skills
Causey, Oscar S., Ed. – 1956
This yearbook contains addresses and discussion group reports from the fifth annual meeting of the Southwest Reading Conference for Colleges and Universities. Part 1 includes addresses which consider: definitions of reading, psychological explanations of reading, the sociology of reading, recent research in college reading, reading and semantics,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Programs, College Students, Conference Reports
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
Winkeljohann, Rosemary, Comp. – 1976
This selective bibliography is one of nine documents compiled to provide titles and descriptions of useful and informative reading documents which were indexed into the ERIC system from 1966 to 1974. The 201 entries in this section of the bibliography concern adult education and are arranged alphabetically by author in one of the following eight…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the relationship between readability of written material and reading competency of upper middle class adult readers, the economic benefits of adult basic education…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
