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RAUCH, SIDNEY J.; SCHLEICH, MIRIAM – 1967
A PILOT PROGRAM IS BEING CONDUCTED AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY IN HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF ITS READING CENTER AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT. THIS COORDINATED HISTORY-READING PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN WAS DEVELOPED TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN A COURSE REQUIRING EXTENSIVE READING, TO ANALYZE THE CONTENT OF A…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, Reading Difficulty, Reading Failure
Download full textRAUCH, SIDNEY J. – 1967
SOME WAYS TO INCORPORATE THE TOTAL SCHOOL FACULTY INTO A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF READING ARE DISCUSSED. FOR TOTAL FACULTY INVOLVEMENT, THE FOLLOWING ARE ESSENTIAL--(1) GENUINE INTEREST IN AND SUPPORT OF A SCHOOLWIDE READING PROGRAM BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISORY STAFF, (2) INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS SO THAT THEY…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Study Skills
KARLIN, ROBERT – 1967
STATUS STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOCABULARY SIZE AND THE EXTENT OF READING SUPPORT THE BELIEF THAT MORE AVID READERS HAVE RICHER VOCABULARIES. HOWEVER, STUDIES OF DIRECT EFFORTS TO INCREASE VOCABULARY THROUGH WIDE READING ALONE HAVE NOT YIELDED SATISFACTORY RESULTS. HENCE, WIDE READING COMBINED WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT APPROACHES IS…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Guidelines, Reading Comprehension, Study Skills
SCHELLER, THOMAS G. – 1967
IN FALL 1963, ALL FRESHMEN ENTERING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GENERAL COLLEGE TOOK THE DIAGNOSTIC READING TEST, AND FROM THEM A 110-STUDENT EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND A SIMILAR CONTROL GROUP WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO ENROLL IN A 1-UNIT EDUCATIONAL SKILLS COURSE, WHICH 67 COMPLETED. READING PRETEST SCORES…
Descriptors: Experimental Curriculum, Higher Education, Predictive Measurement, Pretests Posttests
Maxwell, Martha J. – 1968
A program for skimming and scanning improvement was developed from college textbook material selected from social sciences, science, and essays and included a section on scanning bibliographies and indexes. Four types of exercises were written for each selection: skimming for the main idea, scanning for details, scanning for words and phrases, and…
Descriptors: College Programs, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs, Reading Rate
Parker, Reese – 1975
The present study sought to discover the effects on delayed retention of two different degrees of quality of initial instruction for two different amounts of learning time; which combination of quality and time is most likely to be achieved in normal school situations; and the implications for those who design instructional materials. Two…
Descriptors: Achievement, Instructional Programs, Intelligence, Learning
Dahlke, Anita B.; Schnier, Ronald R. – 1974
The Student Teaching Assistant (STA) Program was initiated in 1972 by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Reading-Study Center to provide highly qualified peer tutors for interested campuses within the University's system. STA training workshops are held each summer for approximately twenty academically-able students from participating campuses.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Reading Improvement, Study Centers
Vivian, Sigrid – 1976
This junior high school study module contains a needs assessment, course goals and objectives, and guidelines for course implementation and evaluation. A study skills course based on written, audio, and audiovisual materials is outlined in detail. Master lists of materials and publishers are also included. (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Junior High Schools
Morrison, Beverly S. – 1976
This paper discusses the importance of an emphasis on word meaning skills as part of an objective-based approach to the development of reading comprehension at intermediate grade levels. To aid in determining the meaning of an unfamiliar word, two strands of word meaning skills are proposed. One strand concentrates on the use of word parts, while…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Lake Washington School District 414, Kirkland, WA. – 1971
This guide reflects the definition of reading as a complex intellectual act involving a variety of behaviors to decode and comprehend printed symbols and is intended to help the teacher be aware of all the skills within each dimension of the reading act. The reading skills are described in terms of learner behavior and a criterion reference is…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Decoding (Reading), Reading, Reading Comprehension
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
Formal reading instruction occurs not only in elementary school reading classes but also in science and social studies classes, and continues into the junior and senior high school where content-related reading , study skills, and vocabulary are taught by subject. The 21 reading projects summarized in this report emphasize reading in the content…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Reading Instruction
Van Matre, Nicholas H.; Carter, John F. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of note taking and review on retention of information presented by lecture. One hundred seventy-two undergraduates enrolled in an introductory psychology course served as subjects for the experiment. All subjects listened to a lecture while engaging in study strategies consisting of…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Lecture Method
Laird, Helene; Laird, Charlton – 1960
The first part of this text for young students provides an introduction to the origins of language, the beginnings of writing, and the making of an alphabet. The second part, "Word Stories," presents the etymologies of over 100 common English words in simplified, nontechnical style. Special terms are explained in a prefatory section. A word and…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Books, Childrens Literature, Diachronic Linguistics
Marsh, George; Sherman, Marjorie – 1970
The transfer relationships between three tasks used in the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) First-Year Communications Skills Program to help the child recognize the relationship between isolated letter sounds and the same sounds embedded in a word context were investigated. The three tasks were learning isolated letter sounds, learning…
Descriptors: Graphemes, Kindergarten Children, Phonemes, Phonics
Adams, Effie Kaye – 1969
Underlining as a study aid for college students has only recently been considered important in the hierarchy of study skills. A review of statements and studies concerning underlining leads off this study of the extent to which underlining was employed by college students in two education courses at Northern Illinois University and the…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Motivation Techniques, Reading Comprehension
