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Peer reviewedAnderson, William W. – Reading World, 1975
Discusses some of the outstanding and significant research in recent years relating to the problems of evaluating college reading and study skills programs and the implications for improvement. (RB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedSanteusanio, Richard P. – Reading World, 1974
After reviewing the literature on college reading study-skills programs, concludes that the effectiveness of such programs is not established and many of them are not serving the designed purpose. (RB)
Descriptors: College Programs, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Programs
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
Download full textSawyer, Robert N. – 1969
An investigation was made of the success of a developmental reading program with students possessing limited skills, the effect of reading instruction and counseling on grade point average, and the effect of reading instruction and counseling on attrition rate. Ninety freshmen students from the University of Missouri-Rolla were divided into three…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, College Students, Counseling
Santeusanio, Richard P. – 1972
The major purpose of the study was to relate individual differences among selected 1971 freshmen enrolled at Suffolk University, Boston, to their ability to succeed academically through the University's College Reading-Study Skills (CRSS) program, which utilized either a teacher-directed or a student-directed approach. A related purpose was to…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedTaylor, Karl K. – Journal of Reading, 1983
Reports the results of a study in which community college students were found to be unable to summarize adequately without considerable training. (AEA)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Reading Instruction
Jackson, James E. – 1978
A study examined the skills taught in college reading programs and who teaches them. Questionnaires were returned from 105 colleges and universities across the United States. The data collected were analyzed to show the frequency of response, and the results indicated that (1) reading was taught primarily by persons with master's degrees or…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Program Content, Reading Instruction
Chester, Robert – 1975
This study was initiated both to follow up an earlier investigation and to gather additional descriptive data regarding the relationship between the Prereading Skills Program and the Word Attack area of the "Wisconsin Design." Four Wisconsin schools participated. In this study, kindergarten students who had completed one year of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Pedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T. – 1973
This paper considers many of the studies that have been conducted regarding the prediction of college success. The table of contents includes: (1) "Prediction of Academic Success," which discusses the results of several standardized tests and their ability to predict success in college; (2) "Prediction of Academic Failure,"…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Students, Evaluation, Failure
Elmore, Mary Charles; West, Joel B. – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Needs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Reese, Thelma Terdiman – 1976
This study evaluated the reading component of a compensatory education program designed to aid college students whose skills are not sufficient to meet the demands of required English and other courses in the basic studies curriculum. The reading course is required for students who score below 550 on the SAT verbal subtest and who score poorly on…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Open Enrollment
Bedillion, Clare – 1974
This study investigated the hypothesis that an effective program in developmental reading is generally a significant factor in the academic achievement of college students at the University of Akron. The data collected came from various sources, i.e., reports of investigations on the effectiveness of 18 well-established reading and study skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education
Cohen, Dorothy H. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Recommends a program of reading aloud to children to provide motivation and oral language experiences and shows statistically significant evidence of its success with 285 disadvantaged first graders. (MD)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Language Acquisition, Literature, Reading Achievement
Kistulentz, Andrew C. – 1975
This study investigated students' learning performances in reading and academic achievement after an experimental group took a reading improvement course in which vocabulary and comprehension improvement exercises were derived from their content area textbooks and a comparison group took a general reading improvement course with materials…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Doctoral Dissertations
Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – 1973
The thirty papers in this Annual Proceedings of the Western College Reading Association (WCRA) were originally delivered at the Sixth Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Topics covered include self-programed control, increasing study-concentration behavior, individualizing a college reading program, human options for human beings,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Individualized Reading, Learning, Reading
