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Criscuolo, Nichilas P. – Intellect, 1974
Educators must see to it that precautionary measures are taken if test scores are to be interpreted correctly by the community. (Author)
Descriptors: Public Relations, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedBrooks, Cecilia Hade – Reading Improvement, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Multisensory Learning, Phonics, Reading Improvement
Ahrendt, Kenneth M.; Chronister, Glenn M. – J Reading Spec, 1969
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Reading Centers, Reading Improvement
RAUCH, SIDNEY J.; SCHLEICH, MIRIAM – 1967
A PILOT PROGRAM IS BEING CONDUCTED AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY IN HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF ITS READING CENTER AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT. THIS COORDINATED HISTORY-READING PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN WAS DEVELOPED TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN A COURSE REQUIRING EXTENSIVE READING, TO ANALYZE THE CONTENT OF A…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, Reading Difficulty, Reading Failure
KOEHLER, WARREN B. – 1960
EFFORTS TO LEARN HOW THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE PRINTED TEXT AFFECTS READING EFFICIENCY WERE SUMMARIZED. SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS WERE BASIC. FIRST, ONE OF THE PURPOSES IS DEFINED AS INVESTIGATION OF ANY IDEA WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO RAISING THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL. SECOND, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DISCOVERY OF A MEANS OF RAISING THE LEVEL OF READING COMPREHENSION…
Descriptors: Publications, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Wark, David M. – 1968
The case histories of five students enrolled in a university course in how to study are reported. The students ranged in age from 18 to 35, included two males and three females, and varied in school experience from no college in one case and some college in two cases to college degrees in two cases. Students were initially taught to chart their…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Behavior Change, Reading Improvement, Reading Rate
Maxwell, Martha J. – 1968
A program for skimming and scanning improvement was developed from college textbook material selected from social sciences, science, and essays and included a section on scanning bibliographies and indexes. Four types of exercises were written for each selection: skimming for the main idea, scanning for details, scanning for words and phrases, and…
Descriptors: College Programs, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs, Reading Rate
Augstein, E. Sheila; Thomas, Laurie F. – 1977
This paper illustrates how the Kelly repertory grid and the Thomas focusing technique can be used to help teachers and learners become aware of learners' purposes for reading, and how these purposes can be used in a program for improving competencies in reading for learning. The grid elicitation and focusing techniques are briefly described. Four…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
Clark, Cavannah Mewborn – 1974
This report is concerned with the status of former clinic subjects who completed instruction two to seven years prior to this study. Changes in reading performance were investigated, actual reading level was compared with the reading expectancy level for each student, and the subjects' and parents' ratings of the subjects' reading performance and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Centers
Download full textCheuvront, Robert F.; Hennes, James D. – 1975
This Colorado Department of Education final report describes the reading program efforts aimed at increasing the reading skills of students who were behind in reading achievement. "Summary and Recommendations" summarizes the results for the 1972-73 program. "Introduction" discusses the purpose and the plan, appropriation of…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Keene, Teresa, Comp. – 1971
This manual offers practical help for the nonprofessional volunteer tutor. Part 1, "Diagnostic Techniques for Tutors," allows the tutor to find out what problems interfere with the ability of a given child to read so that the tutor can plan activities which deal with each particular difficulty. Part 2, "Developing Learning Readiness Skills,"…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Cafarella, Ruth L. – 1975
This paper discusses the TV Reading Program in Philadelphia and Mount Vernon which encourages the development of auditory-vocal behaviors without preempting the English, social studies, or science curricula. The program in both districts fosters practice in expressing standard grammar orally. Teachers in the TV Reading Program work from prepared…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Language Acquisition, Reading, Reading Improvement
Van Valkenburg, John – 1968
This study was undertaken to explore the "listening-sociocultural" area as well as to provide more information about the interrelationships between listening and reading at different grade levels. The findings indicated that a series of listening lessons based on Russell and Russell's "Listening Aids Through the Grades" and the Educational…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Aural Learning, Disadvantaged, Listening Skills
Larsen, J.; And Others – 1974
This document is concerned with studies of the possible relationship between the college reader and his personality traits. The results of the three studies reported gave evidence that there was a relationship between personality types and college reading skills. Intuitive and introverted personality types were better readers. When students were…
Descriptors: College Students, Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Reading Improvement
Lorain City Schools, OH. – 1974
This application, under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act covers the following areas: "Needs Assessment," which looks at how priority needs were determined, the use of standardized tests data, and the priority needs of educationally disadvantaged children; "Project Planning," which discusses eligible…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Reading, Reading Improvement
