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Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1985
Investigates the reading rate and comprehension of a total of 16 individuals who represented four superior reading groups: speed readers, professionals, college students, and people who scored exceptionally high on tests. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedFleisher, Lisa S.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1979
Two experiments designed to examine the effects on poor readers' comprehension of increasing their decoding speed indicated that the decoding training on single words and phrases increased the speed of word recognition but did not improve comprehension performance. (MKM)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades, Reading Ability
