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Download full textRoen, Duane H. – 1981
In light of conflicting and limited results in the assessment of the effects of text-forming structures, a study investigated the effects of specific microlevel and macrolevel text-forming elements on readers' comprehension of selected passages of scientific technical prose. More specifically, the study examined the individual and combined effects…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Freshmen
Underwood, N. Roderic – 1982
Thus far the several different strategies that have been employed to investigate the size of the perceptual span during reading have not yet resolved the question of whether good readers have a larger span than poor readers. An investigation was designed to determine the region of text from which letter information is used during a fixation of the…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements
Haupt, Edward J.; Leonardis, Arline – 1981
Adolescent Portuguese-English bilingual students participated in a study that examined the relationship between reading rate and reading comprehension. The 31 subjects were placed in one of three groups: (1) normal readers, reading at grade level as indicated by IQ test scores; (2) slow readers, reading at least two years below expected grade…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Students, Intelligence, Oral Reading
Walker, Carolyn – 1981
The learning assistance center at a California university offers a carefully designed learning program for faculty and staff in the areas of reading, writing, and time management. The goal of the reading efficiency course is to improve reading speed without loss in comprehension. Tests are given throughout the course to monitor progress, and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Faculty Development, Inservice Education
RASMUSSEN, MARGARET – 1960
FOUR ARTICLES ON INDIVIDUALIZED READING AND SELF-SELECTION REPRINTED FROM "CHILDHOOD EDUCATION" AND "READING," THE JOURNAL AND BULLETIN OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL (ACEI), ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST ARTICLE IS A DISCUSSION OF SELF-SELECTION, OF THE TEACHER'S ROLE IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Individualized Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Improvement
Baumann, James F.; Schneider, Karen Wilson – 1979
The amount of print that 42 college students apprehended in 40 millisecond tachistoscopic flash presentations was monitored for strings of random letters, unrelated words, and words in context (sentences). The results indicated that mean apprehension spans per flash were 3.7 letters for random letters, 9.3 letters (2.0 words) for unrelated words,…
Descriptors: Adults, Context Clues, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedHanson, Earl – Reading Teacher, 1968
A summary of research on reading rate is presented. Cited studies dating from 1884 to 1965 suggest a relationship among reading rate and visual perception, practice in reading, power of concentration, mental alertness, complex reaction times, intelligence, amount of vocalization, content, rate of thinking, intensity of illumination, typographical…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Intelligence, Motivation
Holgerson, Arnold S. – 1977
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between eye voice span (EVS), reading ability, and readability. Fifty average and poor third, fourth, and fifth-grade students were selected on the basis of their comprehension scores on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test. They were individually tested for EVS on paragraphs ranging in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eye Voice Span, Masters Theses, Oral Reading
Samuels, S. Jay; Begy, Gerald L. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine differences in word recognition strategies used by good and poor readers. Twenty good readers and twenty poor readers were randomly selected from a fourth grade class and randomly assigned to levels of a five by five repeated-measures Latin Square design. All of the subjects were given two tasks to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Reading
Berger, Allen – 1970
Approximately 150 references to speed reading published during the past 40 years, including 50 new entries, are included in this revised annotated bibliography. The new entries relate mainly to research but also include some references to theoretical discussions. The references are grouped into the categories of tachistoscopic and controlled…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Processing, Measurement, Operant Conditioning
Berger, Allen – 1969
A survey was made of the reading programs which exist in commercial reading firms, college and university reading centers, and corporations in the United States and Canada. The resulting data, recorded here, are presented so that one may become familiar with the current status of reading improvement programs in both countries. Fifteen tables…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Language Programs, Foreign Countries, Industrial Education
Effects of Practice and Learning Strategies on Speed of Scanning for Phrases in Meaningful Material.
Maxwell, Martha J. – 1969
This pilot study investigated (1) the extent scanning speed can be improved through practice, (2) the learning strategies students use in attempting to improve their scanning, and (3) differences between scanning rate for stimuli presented orally and visually. Subjects were advanced college students with average reading skills. Each subject was…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, College Students, Learning Processes, Pilot Projects
Bahe, Virginia R. – 1969
The subskills content of 23 college reading manuals published in the past decade was analyzed. The skills which were investigated are grouped under these headings: rate, vocabulary, comprehension, organizational skills, critical reading, and study-textbook reading skills. In addition, content features such as tests, exercises, test validations,…
Descriptors: College Programs, Content Analysis, Reading Centers, Reading Comprehension
Samuels, S. Jay; Chen, C. C.
A word recognition model involving four processing stages was used, and tests of various word recognition strategies were administered to 25 fourth graders and 25 college students. The model included the following stages: (1) using information in a passage; (2) generating hypotheses from what the next word might be; (3) testing these hypotheses…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Labmeier, Angela M.; Vockell, Edward L. – 1971
Effects of a speed reading course on ninth-grade girls were studied at intervals of 3 and 6 months after completion of the course. The Perceptive Reading and Study Skills Course was administered to 94 students, and progress was evaluated using the Nelson-Denny Reading Tests. Results indicated that significant improvements in speed and…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Junior High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
