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The Effect of Juvenile Fiction on the Reading Skills of Junior High School Students
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Turkyilmaz, Mustafa – Reading Improvement, 2018
The main purpose of this study is to define the effect of the juvenile fiction on secondary school students' reading skills. In the study; 6th grade students', reading juvenile fiction, attitudes to reading, reading speed, comprehension ability of what is read are examined. The group of students reading juvenile fiction is compared to the ones not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Fiction
Examination of Reading Rate and Comprehension of Management Personnel of a Telecommunication Company.
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Marsh, George E. II; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1991
Measures reading rate and comprehension of 39 managers. Shows that both increased after a one-week training program to improve reading speed. (SR)
Descriptors: Administrators, Professional Training, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Increasing Reading Rate with Paperbacks
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Berger, Allen – Reading Improvement, 1972
Descriptors: Paperback Books, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
The Influence of Reading Time and Reading Rate on Literal and Interpretative Comprehension.
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Lasisi, Monica J. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Investigated the influence of reading time and words read per minute on the literal and interpretative comprehension of primary school students in Nigeria. (FL)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Primary Education
The Role of Self-Image on Reading Rate and Comprehension Achievement.
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Brown, James I.; McDowell, Earl E. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Reports that students in a college reading efficiency course who had high self-images read significantly faster than those with low self-images, that students with initially high self-images did not maintain those images, that males had higher self-images and read faster than did females, and that there were negative relationships between speed…
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Males, Reading Achievement
Read Faster, Read Better: Results of a High Performance Reading Course at Mississippi State University.
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Thornton, Mary M. – Reading Improvement, 1992
Describes an advanced reading course at Mississippi State University that is designed to increase vocabulary, comprehension, and reading rate. Notes that unteaching reading habits necessary to beginner's instruction is a large part of increasing students' effective reading rate. Presents student performance statistics. (RS)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
Effects of Pictures on Reading Comprehension, Speed and Interest of Second Grade Students.
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Rice, Dale R.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1981
Reports that second-grade students in reading groups that used materials without pictures had faster mean reading times than students who read the same materials with pictures, but did not differ from them in comprehension or achievement. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 2, Illustrations, Primary Education
A Procedure for Group Pacing
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Wright, John C. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Large Group Instruction, Pacing, Reading Comprehension
Speedway: The Action Way to Speed Read to Increase Reading Rate for Adults.
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Collins, Cathy – Reading Improvement, 1979
Reports an investigation of the effectiveness of "Speedway: The Action Way to Read" in increasing the reading rate and efficiency of adult readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Comprehension
Why Can't Johnny's Parents Read?
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Munns, Kenneth L. – Reading Improvement, 1982
Describes a minimal training program designed to improve the reading skills of adults in the business world. Concludes that the program had a significant effect of the vocabulary development, comprehension, and reading rates of the participants. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Program Content, Program Evaluation
Teacher Evaluation of Pupils' Reading Performance: Criteria Used for Assessment.
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Breznitz, Zvia – Reading Improvement, 1989
Examines the relevance of decoding, comprehension, and reading rate as used by teachers for evaluation of their students' reading competence. Finds that teachers claim to rely only on decoding and comprehension in assessing reading competence, but that in practice teachers rely quite heavily on reading rate as a diagnostic tool. (RS)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Grade 1