ERIC Number: ED137542
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Jun-30
Pages: 39
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Vocational Reading Development Program. Analysis of Reading Teachers' Perceptions of the Reading Programs in Post-Secondary Vocational/Technical Complexes in Mississippi. Number 34.
Karnes, Frances A.; Ginn, Clyde N.
Results of a questionnaire survey of 24 reading teachers from selected junior colleges in the State of Mississippi are presented in 22 tables with comments, summary, and conclusion. The 22 data categories are (1) number of male and female reading teachers reporting, (2) age range of reading teachers, (3) number of years of experience in teaching, (4) the highest degree held, (5) major field of highest degree held, (6) number of students enrolled in various reading programs per teacher unit, (7) number of vocational/technical students enrolled in the reading programs per teacher unit, (8) opinions of the vocational reading teachers as to the separation of academic students and vocational students in reading, (9) methods utilized in selecting students for reading instructors, (10) regularity of discussion of students' reading between reading instructor and regular instructor, (11) reading level range of vocational students, (12) indications of the subject areas profiting most from reading instruction, (13) reading tests administered to vocational/technical students, (14) indications of when various reading tests were administered, (15) the person administering the reading test to vocational/technical student, (16) utilization of vocational/technical materials, (17) types of materials utilized in teaching reading, (18) utilization of vocabulary lists from content of vocational/technical programs, (19) scheduling of visual and/or auditory acuity tests, (20) suggestions and/or needs in program improvement for vocational/technical students in reading, (21) expenditure of funds for instructional materials, and (22) utilization of instructional materials. (HD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Background, Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Reading Programs, Reading Teachers, Reading Tests, Student Teacher Ratio, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Background, Testing Programs, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education.; Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. Bureau of Educational Research.
Identifiers - Location: Mississippi
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