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Sabbah, Sabah Salman – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2015
This study explored the potential effect of college students' self-generated computerized mind maps on their reading comprehension. It also investigated the subjects' attitudes toward generating computerized mind maps for reading comprehension. The study was conducted in response to the inability of the foundation-level students, who were learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Concept Mapping, Reading Achievement
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Walker, Sue; And Others – Visible Language, 1996
Reports on the Multilingual Resources for Children Project at Reading University, United Kingdom, which examines the problems of relating and controlling dual language texts so that the reader perceives the two texts as equally important. States that the project encompassed five languages: Chinese, Gujarati, Bengali, Urdu, and Panjabi--the most…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Reader Text Relationship
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Nagy, Attila – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Discusses the deterioration of reading culture in Hungary over the past 15 years. Notes increases in television viewing, decreases in achievement and in reading comprehension, and changes in amount and types of materials read. Notes hopeful evidence of relative improvement of reading. Characterizes some important trends (practical, commercial, and…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Purves, Alan C. – American Journal of Education, 1984
Focuses on reading in the school domain and concludes that achievement in reading results from a combination of maturation, exposure, and instruction. Assesses the limits an successes of the instruction of reading in the U.S. and makes cross-national comparisons. (RDN)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interpretive Skills
Tremaine, M. G., Ed.; Wagner, G. A., Ed. – 1980
Readability in distance learning, the cloze procedure as a means of assessing readability, and the preparation of distance learning materials are addressed in the following 14 conference papers: "Some Suggestions for Improving the Reading/Comprehension Skills of Students at a Distance" (Jean Anderson); "Student Response to the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Design Requirements, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1982
The provincial results of the English 33 Achievement Test administered June 8, 1982, as part of the Student Achievement Testing Program of Alberta Education are presented in this report. Following a list of the requirements of Part A (written expression), the first section describes the categories used to assess total expression and the scoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction