Five topics for suggested study in an educated-adult reading program are presented in outline form. Rapid reading is seen as a major goal of most participating students, and critical reading, listening, writing, and speaking are noted as important subjects to be covered. Study methods, techniques for reading problems in science and math, and…

This workshop provided an opportunity for persons in higher education to participate in the development of an orientation program model for community colleges, small liberal arts college, medium-sized colleges, and large institutions. The workshop focused attention on career counseling, study skills, the minority student, the transfer student, the…

Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project, this curriculum unit intended for sixth graders focuses on words. The first lesson serves as an introduction and gives the teacher an opportunity to find out what the students know; lessons 2 through 6 are concerned with the rhetorical use of words (choosing words for their effect); the use of…

The purposes of the study were to determine whether phonic analysis training could be used to prepare children to be successful on the Auditory Analysis Test (AAT) of phonic skills and to then relate phonic knowledge to reading performance. Subjects were 40 first graders in suburban Pittsburgh who had attended kindergarten together. A group of 16…

One hundred thirty-eight second graders, identified by their teachers as "poor readers with incomplete phonics skills" were given four specially constructed tests of phonics skills: a context test over meaningful but visually unfamiliar words, an isolated sounds test, a McKee type multiple choice test, and a word completion test. Eighty…

Field-independent and field-dependent college students studied a 1525-word article under a preferred or nonpreferred study condition (read only, underline, or note taking). Half of the subjects reviewed the material prior to an examination and half did not. Results indicated that field-independent subjects who used a nonpreferred study technique…

Two groups of junior high social studies students were provided a learning package covering typical content found in consumer education material. Groups differed as to whether they were allowed to schedule their own study efforts (self-pacing) during the 15-day unit. Results indicated students under the self-paced format mastered the material…

Contains a short test of reading comprehension that encourages students to use common sense and powers of perception when studying reading. (RL)

The literature on the three most commonly used study techniques was surveyed. Underlining and note taking, requiring active student involvement, were found to be the most effective techniques. (MA)

Suggests teaching word attack skills using these steps: present, practice, apply, review, and re-review. (MKM)

Suggests that a directed reading and study skill use of content periodicals as a supplementary aid can produce measurable reading comprehension gains and observable content area enrichment. (JM)

Outlines a program of seven sessions designed to teach study skills to junior high students. (MKM)

An alternative approach is presented: to start from students' existing studying. In a structured group setting students are given an opportunity to draw on and share their personal experiences through working on an actual study task. (Author/LBH)

This edited collection of occasional papers and reports by Harvard's director of the Bureau of Study Counsel addresses questions of student learning and intellectual development, the role of the faculty and advisory agencies in encouraging students' intellectual growth, and the nature of advising and counselling. (Author/LBH)

Suggests ways of using films in the classroom to strengthen comprehension skills; similar activities with print media may then be initiated. (JM)