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Download full textTaschow, Horst Gerard – 1968
A comparison of a measure of crude gain with a measure of residual gain in individual reading improvement, as measured by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, Revised, Form A and B administered to thirty-six college freshmen, showed the residual gain method to be the more reliable assessment of reading improvement. In addition, the residual gain…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Reading Improvement, Reading Research, Reading Tests
Schiller, Maryann F. – 1985
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of humor on the performance of college freshmen on the Nelson Denny Reading Post Test. The subjects, 36 college freshmen from two developmental reading improvement classes, were randomly assigned to experimental A or B or control sample groups. Students had previously taken forms F and C of the test…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Humor, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedStetson, Elton G. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Questions the validity of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to measure growth in a rapid reading course for adults. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adults, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedCorlett, 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
Van Tiem, Darlene – 1985
A study of the vocabulary and comprehension scores of juniors and seniors at Marygrove College was conducted during the winter term of 1983 in order to determine the reading levels needed for success in upper division courses. Because the research was designed to determine the reading levels needed for successful study, students on academic…
Descriptors: College Students, English Instruction, Higher Education, Reading Achievement
Eccles, J. J.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
In an evaluation of the Reading Efficiency course at Windermere Secondary School, the experimental group made greater gains (statistically significant at the .01 level) in the Reading Rate subtest of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test than did the control group. The experimental group also made greater gains than the control group in reading rate on…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Grade 12, High School Students, Program Evaluation
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
