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Fluency Gains in Struggling College Readers from Wide Reading and Repeated Readings
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Ari, Omer – Reading Psychology, 2015
Effects of wide reading and repeated readings were examined on struggling college readers' silent reading rate and reading comprehension relative to a vocabulary study control condition. Randomly assigned to a condition, community college students (N = 30) completed 25-min sessions individually in class three times a week for three weeks.…
Descriptors: Repetition, Reading Skills, Silent Reading, Reading Difficulties
"Passageless" Administration of the Nelson-Denny Reading Comprehension Test: Associations with IQ and Reading Skills
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Ready, Rebecca E.; Chaudhry, Maheen F.; Schatz, Kelly C.; Strazzullo, Sarah – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
There are few tests that assess reading comprehension in adults, but these tests are needed for a comprehensive assessment of reading disorders (RD). "The Nelson-Denny Reading Test" (NDRT) has a long-passage reading comprehension component that can be used with adolescents and adults. A problem with the NDRT is that reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties, Intelligence Quotient
The Efficacy of Instructor-Guided Supplemental Instruction as a Strategy for Helping Reading-Deficient College Students Improve Testing and Assessment Outcomes
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Bartley-Lukula, Audrey – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research project examined whether the use of Instructor-guided Supplemental Instruction as a classroom scaffolding technique, might help improve testing and assessment reading outcomes for reading-deficient college students. The study was completed at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee over the 16-week Fall, 2012 semester…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), College Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills
Estimating Reading Skill from ACT Assessment Scores.
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Noble, Julie – College and University, 1986
A study correlating Nelson-Denny Reading Test scores with American College Testing Program Assessments (ACT) indicates that reading skill can be predicted accurately from the ACT social studies reading and English usage subtests. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Language Usage, Reading Skills
Using Verbal SAT Scores to Predict Nelson-Denny Scores for Reading Placements.
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Malak, Joseph F.; Hegeman, Johnston N. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Argues that colleges can use Verbal SAT scores to place freshmen in reading courses when comprehension measures are not available. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Measures (Individuals)
A Study of the Relationship between Reading, Computational, and Critical Thinking Skills and Academic Success in Fundamentals of Chemistry.
Hurov, Janet Torrisi – 1987
In spring 1987, a study was conducted at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley (Missouri) to identify the basic skills necessary for the successful completion of the course, "Fundamentals of Chemistry." The study evaluated the relationship between performance on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT), the Numerical Reasoning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Chemistry, Community Colleges
Estimating Reading Skill from ACT Assessment Scores. Research Report No. 88.
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Noble, Julie – 1985
A study examined whether ACT subtest scores can be used to predict reading skills, as measured by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, with a degree of accuracy that would support their use as a screening device for college placement. ACT test scores of 2,431 students were used to predict Form C Nelson-Denny raw scores. ACT test scores from 3,016…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques