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Corlett, Donna	1
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Communication Opens the Door of Reading Improvement

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Corlett, Donna – College Student Journal, 1973

Elaborates some of the communication techniques used in a reading laboratory for minority college students who have educational lags in their reading skills. The combination of improved classroom communication and effective reading practice have resulted in special success in reading achievement at the University of Portland, Portland, Oregon.…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Communication Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged

Freshmen Reading Ability: Fall 1967-Day Session, Nelson-Denny Reading Test.

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Martin, Peter B. – 1967

Results of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test are used as a screening device for selecting students for remedial work in the Reading and Study Skills Center (R-S) at New York Community College (NYCC). A descriptive analysis of the fall 1967 day session freshmen showed that the average freshman at NYCC was reading at the 12.6 grade level, or .4 grade…

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Local Norms