Ways to succeed in school and advice on reading books and textbooks are covered in four essays. The analogy of playing the "game of school" and preparing for and playing a sport is developed by Charles I. Brown in two essays. Study activities that are designed to be done before, during, and after class are suggested to help the student maximize…

Describes a study investigating the effects of group hypnosis on the reading improvement of university students. Finds marginally significant improvement in total vocabulary and comprehension scores and greatest improvement in students with initially low reading scores. Sees group hypnosis as an efficient and economically feasible instructional…

Discusses the rationale and technique for using subtitled foreign films with an integrated language approach in a developmental college reading class. Reports student attitudes. Shows that the subtitled films motivated students to read, gave them good time on task, and improved their knowledge of other cultures and eras. (SR)

This study examined the progression of concerns 96 students experience as they engage in nontraditional forms of instruction; ways to address these concerns; and whether their successful resolution enhances the instructional effectiveness of an innovative, reading improvement class. (JL)

Describes how students in a history course for developing college readers assumed the investigatory role of a parliamentary committee to study the impact of industrialization in nineteenth-century Britain. (SR)

Describes how Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading has been successfully incorporated into college reading classes with developmental learners as an authentic method of assessing and improving students' attitudes toward reading. (SR)

Presents a practical method of conducting conferences with developmental students in large college reading/study skills programs. Suggests that the method could also be used to monitor and document students' attitudinal changes and perceived progress throughout a term. (FL)

Reports results of students' perceptions of Reciprocal Teaching to monitor and check their reading comprehension; a procedure which has been used with junior high school students and has been extended to underprepared college freshmen. (MG)

One hundred seventy-five college students were tested to determine the relationship among locus of control, student preference, and teaching procedures. Results showed that external locus of control students preferred hardware as instructional devices and that such devices improved their reading rates, while internal locus of control students…

Examined elementary students' attitudes about their reading ability, reading enjoyment, and reading improvement; peers' reading ability; and the relationship of reading ability to future job success. Researchers surveyed fourth and fifth graders and asked teachers to rate those students on reading ability. Students were highly accurate in…

Investigated how the America Reads Challenge might help recruit tutors to the teaching profession. Focus groups and surveys of college tutors in urban settings indicated that they enjoyed the experience and believed it increased and confirmed their desire to teach. Most felt that their previous beliefs about urban classrooms changed after this…

Describes a study conducted to determine whether the relationships between reading and writing can serve as the basis of a functional pedagogy to improve the reading comprehension of academically underprepared college students. The study also examined the effects of integrated reading and writing instruction on students' skills and attitudes. (PAA)

Maintains that student reading often is seen as a major component of university study, yet the amount actually undertaken frequently falls short of teacher expectations. Describes the use of course readers, or teacher-compiled reading packets, in geography courses and provides a set of recommendations regarding the approach. (CFR)

Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on the role of vocabulary in reading and learning is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC…

Focusing on new concepts in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the thirteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1963. The 20 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains descriptions and evaluations of reading programs, a study of methods of training teachers for the…