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Academic Success of Persistent and Nonpersistent Students Voluntarily Enrolled in a University Reading Program

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Parham, Jo Ann Walton – Journal of Reading, 1977

Students enrolled in a reading and study skills center for nine hours or more were no more successful academically than students who completed fewer hours. (MKM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories

Innovative Learning Strategies, 1979-1980. First Biennial Yearbook of the College Reading Improvement--Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association.

Schale, Florence; Epner, Marcia – 1980

This yearbook on innovative learning strategies in colleges is divided into four parts. "Part I: Description of Program Models" contains descriptions of an alternative learning center at Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona; a program combining technology with humanism at El Camino College, Torrance, California; the developmental studies…

Descriptors: Educational Innovation, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Individualized Instruction

Reading and Study Skills: Secondary: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in "Dissertation Abstracts International," July 1978 through June 1979 (Vol. 39 Nos. 1 through 12).

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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: various factors in terms of attitudes toward reading; the effect of group counseling on self-concept and reading achievement; the effect of three modes of…

Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Discourse Analysis

New Frontiers in Learning. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Western College Reading and Learning Association (16th, Portland, Oregon, March 24-27, 1983). Volume XVI.

Fleming, Delryn R., Ed. – 1983

Drawn from a conference that focused on the present state and future direction of college reading and learning skills instruction, the articles in this collection are arranged into three categories: reviews, investigations and evaluations, and prescriptions and descriptions. Among the topics discussed in the 19 articles are the following: (1) the…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Content Area Reading