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Kingston, Albert J. – Forum for Reading, 1990
Offers a brief history of college level reading programs from the 1920s to the present. Concludes that, despite past trials and errors, most established college reading programs appear to be in firm ground. (PRA)
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Dwyer, Edward J.; West, Russell F. – Forum for Reading, 1989
Investigates whether a freshman reading improvement training program will produce gains in reading rate (normal reading rate, not skimming). Finds positive results for the program. (SR)
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
De Santi, Roger J. – Forum for Reading, 1983
The primary purpose for reading is to derive the meaning of an author's message, which has been transmitted through print, as it relates to the reader's personal need to go from a point of lesser to greater information. Within the college reading improvement program, the many purposes surrounding reading should intersect to form the basis for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Pinette, Clayton A., Ed.; Smith, R. Kent, Ed. – Forum for Reading, 1977
This journal is intended for teachers of reading on the two-year college level. Articles included in this issue are: "A Competency Based Approach to College Reading Improvement Programs,""Drumming Up Trade for College Reading Programs,""Instructional Techniques for Developmental Reading,""College Reading W.A.R." (on the image of college reading…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Developmental Reading, Humor, Reading Improvement
Pinette, Clayton, Ed.; And Others – Forum for Reading, 1980
Sponsored by a special interest group of the International Reading Association, the focus of this journal issue is on college reading improvement. Chapter titles include "College Level Developmental Reading and Study Skills Programs: Survey Report and Overview"; "Providing Assistance to College Science Teachers"; "Sitting in on Doctors Pompous and…
Descriptors: College Science, Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Developmental Studies Programs
