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Download full textWARK, DAVID M. – 1966
THE USES OF OPERANT CONDITIONING TECHNIQUES IN A COLLEGE READING AND STUDY SKILLS CENTER ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO RESEARCH FINDINGS. OPERANT TECHNIQUES WERE USEFUL IN GATHERING DATA ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS IN INCREASING THE PRECISION OF THE DATA GATHERED. THE EFFECT OF THESE TECHNIQUES ON READING AND HANDWRITING RATE ARE DISCUSSED AND…
Descriptors: College Students, Handwriting, Learning Motivation, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedRitter, Joyce H. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Grade Point Average, Program Development
Spalding, Norma V. – 1978
The Reading Assistance Program at San Jose State University was introduced through the aid of credential candidates from the reading specialist, educational counseling, and bilingual-multicultural specialist programs. Low-achieving university freshmen were taught in small groups using the jigsaw technique in which each student is given a piece of…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Reading, Educational Needs, Low Achievement
