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Talwar, Amani; Magliano, Joseph P.; Higgs, Karyn; Santuzzi, Alecia; Tonks, Stephen; O'Reilly, Tenaha; Sabatini, John – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
More knowledge is needed regarding the student factors that impact academic reading and success in college beyond traditional measures of college readiness. This study examined the contributions of student factors specified by the Proficient Academic Reader framework--reading literacy skills, metacognitive reading strategies, and reading…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Characteristics, Reading Strategies, Reading Motivation
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell; Terrill Taylor; Sarah E. Carlson; Mark L. Davison; Ben Seipel – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2022
Reading comprehension assessments are used for postsecondary course placement and advising, and they are components of college entrance exams. Therefore, a quantitative understanding of the relationship between reading comprehension assessments and postsecondary academic achievement is needed. To address this need, we conducted a meta-analysis to…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Academic Achievement
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Summers, Emily J.; Acee, Taylor W.; Ryser, Gail R. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2015
We investigated students' academic achievement in three high-enrollment, introductory-level history sections at a large, public, Hispanic-serving university. Using a conditional indirect-effects model, we analyzed supplemental instruction (SI) attendance and class absences as predictors of course success, after accounting for sex, ethnicity/race,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, United States History, Introductory Courses, Supplementary Education