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Peer reviewedVacca, Richard T. – Journal of Reading, 1980
In a six-week study involving seventh- to ninth-grade students in a summer corrective reading program, neither the holistic nor the subskill treatment had a significant advantage in improving student reading comprehension or attitude toward reading. (JT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corrective Reading, Junior High Schools, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedWhimbey, Arthur; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1980
Describes a summer program for prefreshman science students entering Xavier University, designed to develop their problem-solving and academic abilities by emphasizing the connection between reading comprehension and analytical skills. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Educational Research


