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Demystifying "Speed Reading": A Practical Approach for Increasing Rate.
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
Perspectives on the Research and Purposes of Reading Comprehension Study Skills and Techniques.
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
[Factors Related to Two-Year College Reading Programs.]
Pinette, Clayton A., Ed.; Smith, R. Kent, Ed. – Forum for Reading, 1977
Intended for teachers of reading on the two-year college level, this journal discusses research on the effects of assignments on recognition memory and research on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test as a predictor of college grades in English and psychology. Articles also deal with methods for teaching developmental reading, a program for training and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Developmental Reading, Paraprofessional Personnel, Prediction
Metacognitive Awareness and Monitoring in Adult and College Readers.
Rinehart, Steve D.; Platt, Jennifer M. – Forum for Reading, 1984
A literature review was undertaken to demonstrate how knowledge of one's cognitive processes, the orchestration of strategic effort, and the monitoring of one's cognitive activities can enhance reading performance. The findings indicate that while older readers exercise more awareness of their own learning processes and greater self-control or…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes
[Reading at a Two-Year College.]
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
The Results of an Informal Inventory of the Reading Interests and Backgrounds of Underprepared College Freshmen.
Hall, Christine – Forum for Reading, 1989
Describes an informal inventory that gives underprepared college freshmen the opportunity to express their own perceptions of their reading needs and interests. Finds that students are most concerned with reading rate. Suggests that speed-reading activities play to students' interests while at the same time giving practice in comprehension skills.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Reading Attitudes
The Reading Journal: A Bridge between Reading and Writing.
Kirby, Kate; And Others – Forum for Reading, 1986
Reading journals can help college readers successfully meet the demands of complex and sophisticated texts when students use them as a strategy for making meaning rather than simply extracting information. There are three primary reasons for using reading journals at the college level: (1) writing is a way of discovering when students are free to…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Critical Reading, Higher Education