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Peer reviewedPugh, A. K. – Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Course Content, Literature Reviews, Reading
Schmidt, David L. – Training and Development Journal, 1972
How successful are speed reading courses for adults? Author, who teaches speed reading and improvement of reading comprehension, backs up his assertion of their effectiveness with test result tables showing businessmen in particular benefit from such training. (PD)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Motivation, Reading Comprehension
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1968
Focusing on multidisciplinary aspects of college and adult reading, the 27 articles in this volume were drawn from the seventeenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1967. Among the topics discussed in the articles are the following: psychological embarrassments of reading, rapid reading, reading rate, tutoring in a college…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Content Area Reading
