Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
| Tests/Questionnaires | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Australia | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Approaches to Studying… | 1 |
| Study Process Questionnaire | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Parer, Michael S. – 1988
A study was conducted to examine the relationships of four areas of textual design factors that are relevant to external students' learning as they use their course study guides: the micro and macro textual features, the linguistics, and the instructional design elements. Twelve external students from two units at the Gippsland Institute were…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comprehension, Distance Education, External Degree Programs
Download full textFeeley, Joan T.; Wepner, Shelley B. – 1986
College students in a reading rate improvement course participated in a study (1) to determine the effects of text displayed on the computer screen as opposed to the printed page and (2) to see if computerized speed reading programs changed student attitudes toward reading efficiency exercises. Subjects, 26 students of similar reading…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Attitudes
Kuehn, Phyllis – 1996
Addressing the problem of the language-related barriers to successful postsecondary education for underprepared college students, an assessment of academic language proficiency and a curriculum to help students improve their academic language skills were developed. The nature of the language tasks required in the undergraduate curriculum was…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Classroom Communication, Curriculum Development, High Schools
