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Caverly, David C.; Nicholson, Sheila A.; Radcliffe, Richard – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2004
Two studies examined the short- and long-term effects of teaching strategic reading to first-year college students in a stand-alone course. In study one, developmental readers (N=36) learned PLAN, a strategic reading heuristic. Significant pretest-posttest growth was found using cognitive, metacognitive, and affective measures, though no gain was…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Standardized Tests, Core Curriculum, Reading Skills