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| Reading World | 8 |
Author
| Baumann, James F. | 1 |
| Call, Patricia E. | 1 |
| Colvin, Charles R. | 1 |
| Fox, Barbara J. | 1 |
| Koch, Kathryn A. | 1 |
| Mason, George E. | 1 |
| Meeks, Jane Warren | 1 |
| Siedow, Mary Dunn | 1 |
| Strickland, Edward | 1 |
| Zaritsky, Joyce | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
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| Practitioners | 1 |
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| West Virginia | 1 |
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Peer reviewedCall, Patricia E. – Reading World, 1977
Describes a survey which sought to determine and analyze the status, current practices, and philosophies of existing college reading improvement programs in West Virginia. (JM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs, Reading Research
Peer reviewedStrickland, Edward – Reading World, 1975
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMason, George E.; And Others – Reading World, 1978
Discusses study which sought to determine the nature and extent (specifically, the credit, enrollment, faculty involvement, and support for the institution) of reading improvement programs in the larger senior colleges and universities in the United States. (JM)
Descriptors: College Programs, Higher Education, Program Content, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedZaritsky, Joyce – Reading World, 1973
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedMeeks, Jane Warren – Reading World, 1980
Reports that the use of aids imbedded in textbook prose increased the reading comprehension of college freshmen identified as reading below the fiftieth percentile on a standardized reading test. (GT)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSiedow, Mary Dunn; Fox, Barbara J. – Reading World, 1984
Concludes that training in a natural instructional setting can improve poor readers' ability to use top-level structure in signaled and nonsignaled passages. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, English Instruction, Grade 10
Peer reviewedColvin, Charles R. – Reading World, 1972
Descriptors: College Programs, Films, Lecture Method, Programed Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedBaumann, James F.; Koch, Kathryn A. – Reading World, 1985
Presents a case study of an eighth-grade girl who received one year of nontraditional remedial reading instruction in which she was treated more like a good reader than a disabled one. Reports that the program produced a moderate improvement in reading ability. (FL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 8
