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Teaching Rapid Reading in the Intermediate Grades: Helpful or Harmful?

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Carver, Ronald P. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1987

Reviews 11 studies originally analyzed by Bergquist to support the contention that children can be trained to increase their reading rates without any loss of comprehension along with more recent work. Concludes that rapid reading results in a decrease in the accuracy of comprehension. (FL)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction

Rauding Theory Predictions of Amount Comprehended Under Different Purposes and Speed Reading Conditions.

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Carver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1984

Concludes that individuals can read unfamiliar but relatively easy material at high rates with high accuracy of comprehension, but they do not provide strong support for rauding theory. (FL)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Theories, Predictive Validity, Readability

A Computer Model of Reading and Its Implications for Measurement and Research

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Carver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1971

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Computer Oriented Programs, Conceptual Schemes, Information Processing