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Peer reviewedDaniel, Reva – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1995
Describes a project to train Veterans Administration subject-matter specialists to develop letters that convey the information veterans need in a format and language they can understand. Presents a case study of the effectiveness of a new version of a letter. Finds that the new letter added value by greatly reducing the need for veterans to call…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Program Descriptions
Download full textAmerican Institutes for Research, Washington, DC. – 1981
The accomplishments of a team of writers, designers, and education specialists commissioned by the National Institute of Education (NIE) to suggest solutions to the problems that public documents often pose for readers are summarized in this report. Following an overview, the report offers a section on the history and rationale of the Document…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Higher Education, Layout (Publications), Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedLowe, A. J. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Explains how education majors try to learn to recognize thought unit sentences (ThUS's) and to gauge their difficulty. Shows examples of simple writing and discusses the task of writing ThUS's to match style and level of author. Gives a rationale for doing a readability analysis in this way. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Tuchowski, Barbara, Comp.; Lopardo, Genevieve, Ed. – 1982
In order to substantiate the need for college level developmental reading programs, this paper reviews research conducted in the area from 1971 to 1981. The paper provides bibliographic information for 96 entries drawn from a search of ERIC, Dissertation Abstracts International, the William S. Gray Research Collection in Reading, and journals in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Program Content
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1969
Focusing on the psychology of reading behavior, the 36 articles in this volume were drawn from the eighteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1968. Among the topics discussed in the articles are the following: eye movement, the psychology of reading behavior, reading improvement, reading tests, reading research, leisure…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Staiger, Ralph C., Ed. – 1962
Focusing on problems, programs, and projects in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the eleventh annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1961. The 29 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains studies and theoretical papers that deal with reading speed and comprehension.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1971
Focusing on the right to read, the articles in this volume were drawn from the twentieth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1970. Among the topics discussed in the 50 articles are the following: oral associates as predictors of verbal ability, reading readiness, the reading process, reading diagnosis, adult reading programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Schick, George B., Ed.; May, Merrill M., Ed. – 1970
This is the second of two volumes containing papers focusing on reading processes and pedagogy that were drawn from the nineteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1969. Among the topics covered in the 37 papers are the following: interpersonal dynamics in counseling students with learning problems, developing an effective…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
