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Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2014
"Academy of READING"® is an online program that aims to improve students' reading skills using a structured and sequential approach to learning in five core areas--phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) identified 38 studies of "Academy of READING"® for adolescent…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Improvement, Reading Skills, Phonemic Awareness
Peer reviewedBain, June W. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Armed Forces, Minicourses, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMeyer, Sister Jean – Journal of Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedCollins, Victoria; Spagnoli, John L. – Florida Reading Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement, Reading Rate
Eccles, J. J.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
In an evaluation of the Reading Efficiency course at Windermere Secondary School, the experimental group made greater gains (statistically significant at the .01 level) in the Reading Rate subtest of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test than did the control group. The experimental group also made greater gains than the control group in reading rate on…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Grade 12, High School Students, Program Evaluation
Parker, Charlie W.; Argenti, Rudy M. – 1977
The effectiveness of an eight week college course for reading/study skills improvement was evaluated by pretesting and posttesting 152 students with the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and the Optimum Reading Achievement Test and running simple correlations between reading rate, comprehension, vocabulary, and 18 variables that included ACT scores, grade…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Comprehension
Lloyd, Bruce A. – 1976
In a special developmental reading program designed to improve the reading skills of personnel employed by the Michigan Employment Security Commission, 40 vocational-development specialists were given six weeks of intensive reading instruction. Half of the class time was devoted to use of the PARADIGM lessons, which include activities for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developmental Reading, Individual Instruction, Instructional Materials
