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Can Reading Self-Efficacy Be Modified? A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Interventions on Reading Self-Efficacy
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Unrau, Norman J.; Rueda, Robert; Son, Elena; Polanin, Joshua R.; Lundeen, Rebecca J.; Muraszewski, Alison K. – Review of Educational Research, 2018
Studies of interventions' impact on reading self-efficacy have been conducted since the 1980s. The purpose of this project was to conduct a systematic review of these studies because the primary studies often yielded divergent results. Included studies entailed an intervention, addressed reading specifically, and reported explicit pre- and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Meta Analysis, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (14th, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 18-20, 2017)
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
These proceedings contain the papers of the 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2017), 18-20 October 2017, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Student Journals, Diaries, Self Management
Reading Comprehension and the High School Graduate, Panel 7; Conference on Studies in Reading (Washington, D.C., August, 1974)
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Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of this conference panel was to develop a research and development agenda to improve the reading and writing proficiencies of high school graduates. This panel report consists of four approaches to the problem: studies of the problems of ill-prepared high school students; surveys of the reading and writing tests used by colleges and…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Higher Education, Instructional Programs, Intervention
Using a Braille Tachistoscope to Improve Braille Reading Speed.
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Cates, D. L.; Sowell, V. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Three blind university students used a computer-generated tachistoscope-like display of electronic braille in an effort to increase reading speeds. Results did not indicate conclusively that such a program is effective in increasing reading speed while maintaining comprehension or in maintaining speed following the withdrawal of treatment. (JDD)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
Cognitive Enhancement of Hearing-Impaired Post-Secondary Students. (Revised).
Martin, David S.; Jonas, Bruce S. – 1988
A study focusing on the serious need for active programs in improving the cognitive skills of hearing-impaired students is examined. Six hypotheses are presented as potential outcomes of using the Instrumental Enrichment (IE) program (classroom intervention for adolescents and adults using content-free paper and pencil exercises to correct…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, College Students, Deafness
A Research Based Approach to Students in Academic Difficulty: Characteristics and Intervention. ASHE 1985 Annual Meeting Paper.
Judd, Thomas P.; And Others – 1985
Community college students who experience academic difficulty as measured by grade point average were compared to students not in academic difficulty on five constructs: reading ability, career decisiveness, learning styles, study habits and attitudes, and motivational factors. The 19 students in academic difficulty and 31 students not in academic…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges