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Moradi, Elahe; Ghapanchi, Zargham; Pishghadam, Reza – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
This study aims to find the potential relationship between emotioncy (sense-induced emotions), reading strategy use, and reading comprehension test performance among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. To this end, 514 intermediate and upper-intermediate EFL learners were asked to complete a 30-item multiple-choice reading comprehension…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Comprehension, Scores, Reading Tests
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
Hoff, Meagan A. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2020
For people who have experienced forced migration, postsecondary education provides a way to look forward instead of backward. Despite a high prevalence of college aspirations, refugee-background students are often considered not college-ready. The goal of this study was to understand the literacy practices that refugee-background students used to…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Literacy, Refugees, College Students
Wulfemeyer, Julie – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2019
This article addresses well-known and difficult problems involving reading comprehension and compliance in college courses, using a lower-level philosophy course as a case study. It draws upon both general and discipline-specific research in three promising areas for reading instruction: metacognition, modeling via "think-alouds," and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Case Studies, Philosophy, Reading Instruction
Gier, Vicki; Kreiner, David; Hudnell, Jason; Montoya, Jodi; Herring, Daniel – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2011
The purpose of the present experiment was to determine whether using an active learning technique, electronic highlighting, can eliminate the negative effects of pre-existing, poor highlighting on reading comprehension. Participants read passages containing no highlighting, appropriate highlighting, or inappropriate highlighting. We hypothesized…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Educational Technology, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Fotovatian, Sepideh; Shokrpour, Nasrin – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2007
Knowledge of the strategies used by English as a foreign language (EFL) or second language (ESL) readers can help instructors teach these techniques and thereby enhance their students' reading comprehension. The present study compared three categories of reading comprehension strategies (metacognitive, cognitive, and socio-affective) to determine…
Descriptors: Inferences, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Gourgey, Annette F. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1999
Discusses how educators are increasingly recognizing the value of instruction that focuses on developing metacognitive skills, or comprehensive strategies for thinking and independent learning. Summarizes research on metacognitive reading skills and then describes two sample classroom exercises to teach these skills to developmental college…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking