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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Exploring the Academic Self within an Electronic Mail Environment.
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Spires, Hiller A.; Mason, Cheryl; Crissman, Cris; Jackson, Alecia – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
Reports on a study at North Carolina State University that examined the use of electronic mail to encourage critical literacy among college developmental reading students. States that randomly selected students were paired with professionals who served as online mentors. Reports that, after one semester, this group scored higher than the control…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail
Effects of Instructional Context on Academic Performance and Self-Regulated Learning in Underprepared College Students.
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Donley, Jan; Spires, Hiller A. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1999
Compares the effects of explicit instruction of the Preread-Read-Organize-Review (PROR) textbook reading strategy in a course-based context (where students apply reading strategies to their own college textbooks) versus a content-based context (where students apply reading strategies only to texts provided in the reading class). Draws no…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Effects of Interspersed Adjunct Questions on Comprehension Monitoring: Implications for Postsecondary Reading Instruction.
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Spires, Hiller A. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1990
Assesses the effects of interspersed-adjunct summary questions (i.e., questions appearing regularly throughout reading text requiring students to summarize the main points of previously read material) on reading comprehension and comprehension monitoring (i.e., awareness of level of understanding during reading tasks) of high-ability and…
Descriptors: College Students, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension