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Download full textFeeley, Joan T.; Wepner, Shelley B. – 1986
College students in a reading rate improvement course participated in a study (1) to determine the effects of text displayed on the computer screen as opposed to the printed page and (2) to see if computerized speed reading programs changed student attitudes toward reading efficiency exercises. Subjects, 26 students of similar reading…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Attitudes
Carver, Ronald P. – 1977
This is the final report on a research project that measured the effect of reading rate on accuracy and the efficiency of reading comprehension. At the outset of the project, existing research data were integrated into a comprehensive account called a "rauding theory," which interrelates reading ability, passage difficulty, reading time,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Listening Skills, Postsecondary Education, Reading Ability
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. – 1979
This manual for Exercise Administrators of the National Assessment of Educational Progress; Second Literature Third Reading Assessment, consists of administrative instructions for use immediately preceding, during and after assessment sessions in schools. Definitions of racial/ethnic categories, associated codes, and guidelines for solicting…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Examiners
LOWE, A. J. – 1966
THIS PAPER PRESENTS FINDINGS BASED UPON APPROXIMATELY 50 PUBLISHED SURVEYS OF COLLEGE READING PROGRAMS SINCE 1921. PROGRAMS VARIED FROM INDIVIDUAL, INCIDENTAL HELP TO COMPREHENSIVE COURSES IN READING IMPROVEMENT. NO SET PATTERNS ARE NOTED FOR LENGTH OF TRAINING, COST, OR AMOUNT OF CREDIT GIVEN. PROGRAMS PRIOR TO 1940 STRESSED STUDY HABITS,…
Descriptors: Colleges, Counseling, Educational Media, Instructional Materials
Brown, James I. – 1976
An efficient reading skills course may be considered one of the most important reading courses a college student takes since it may be the last reading course taken; it may be a last chance to develop high-level reading proficiency. The instructor of such a course should keep in mind both the immediate scholastic improvement goals of the the…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Reading, Developmental Reading, Postsecondary Education
Corman, Louise; And Others – 1973
This study determined the effectiveness of a rapid reading program in improving comprehension and rate of approximately 300 fifth and seventh grade students. Repeated measures analyses of variance were used to compare changes in rate and comprehension during an eight week rapid reading program with three groups of students: those instructed by a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Grade 7, Reading Comprehension
McBride, Vearl G. – 1971
A total of 118 students were enrolled in the Multi-Language Rapid Reading Program, and by the end of 9 weeks they were able to read intermediate French and Spanish with rates up to 35,000 words per minute (w.p.m.) in Spanish and 25,000 w.p.m. in French. No student scored less than 750 w.p.m. in either language, with 65 percent the lowest…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Eye Movements, French, Reading Programs
Sandberg, Karl C. – 1976
The word-identification approach has long been the basis for teaching reading in both native and second languages. Recent work has a new approach, particularly that of Frank Smith, who developed a feature analysis model of reading. As we can identify letters in different configurations or before all the strokes are completed, so can we identify…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Memory, Psycholinguistics
Moore, Gladys B. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedDulin, Kenneth L. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Preservice Teacher Education, Questioning Techniques, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMemory, David M.; Moore, David W. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a classroom activity designed to teach students how to skim and to read critically that is applicable to all content subjects. (MKM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Library Skills
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
Beaudin, Bart P.; And Others – 1993
This teacher's guide is intended for use in helping Kodak Corporation employees develop the basic reading skills required in their workplace. The following topics are covered in the individual modules: identifying and summarizing key ideas; mastering four techniques for accessing information (i.e., skimming, scanning, sequencing, and identifying a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Corporate Education, Learning Modules
McIntosh, Margaret E. – 1983
A variety of techniques for improving readers' analysis-by-synthesis abilities (rapid, efficient reading typical of highly skilled readers) are presented in this paper. The techniques discussed in the first part emphasize improving reading comprehension and include the following: (1) modifications of the cloze procedure (encouraging readers to use…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Hunter, Margaret Jane Moorhead – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in grade point averages for students enrolled in speed reading classes and student enrolled in study skills classes by comparing grade point average before and after instruction. Twenty-seven speed reading students were matched with twenty-seven study skills students on the basis of sex, year in…
Descriptors: College Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
