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ERIC Number: EJ415370
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Direct Explicit Reading Instruction for Unskilled College Students.
Cohen, Suzette F.
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v4 n2 p50-56 Spr 1988
Reviews research demonstrating a relationship between the use of comprehension monitoring strategies and improved reader proficiency; investigating the characteristics of unskilled college students; and supporting direct, explicit instruction in reading strategies and comprehension monitoring. Summarizes studies of the most effective methods of teaching reading strategies. (PAA)
Descriptors: College Students, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies, Remedial Reading, Student Characteristics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 14424 ($20.00 per volume).