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Download full textKingston, Albert J., Jr. – 1977
A review of studies concerning the reading habits of people 65 years old or older shows that females spend more time reading then do males; senior citizens do not suddenly develop new or extensive reading habits; they prefer light romance with no sex, biographies, westerns, and mysteries; intellectual and physical disabilities are not major…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Older Adults, Reading, Reading Habits
Wells, Lauren; Blendinger, Jack – 1998
This study investigated during a 2-year period how middle school students spend their time when not in school. Nearly 75 middle school students participated in the study. The subjects' out-of-school activities were first investigated in April of 1997 when subjects were in the fifth grade. The same students were studied again in April 1998 when…
Descriptors: Activities, Behavior Patterns, Individual Activities, Interests
Allen, Sheila – 1999
The purpose of this article is to explain each of the three phases of reading textbooks and to provide strategies for aiding students to better understand and connect to their textbooks in each of these phases. Each of the three phases is named for its writing counterpart: planning, drafting, and evaluating. This article also states that three…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading, Reading Comprehension
Brown, James I. – 1974
The first step in arriving at techniques for the improvement of reading rate is the careful and thoughtful formulation of a specific objective. Once a reading rate objective has been phrased, the next step is to examine all available resources of help in reaching that objective. These resources include films for use with regular motion picture…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Development
Reed, Kathleen – 1978
A number of assessment measures are available for measuring affective growth in reading. Among the factors involved in affective response to reading are attitude toward reading, interest in reading, and attitude toward specific reading programs. The most commonly used of the reactive measures of affective reading growth (those in which…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Kingston, Albert J. – 1979
There are many "truths" concerning reading psychology and pedagogy that teachers accept without questioning and that play an important role in current reading instruction. However, both science and education are deeply affected by the tenor of their times, and present day answers should be regarded only as tentative propositions that may be…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Content Area Reading, Educational Theories, Educational Trends
