The Reading Abilities of College Students: An Experimental StudyThe Reading Abilities of College Students was first published in 1931. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.How well do college students read? Can they be taught to read more intelligently by the means of intensive drills and vocabulary tests? The prevalent interest in these and similar questions has led Dr. Alvin Eurich to conduct at the University of Minnesota the carefully controlled experiment described in this volume. The special training given the experimental group is described in detail; the tests used to measure comprehension and retention of material read, rate of reading, habits of study, and vocabulary are explained and evaluated; and the relative improvement in reading skill made by students who were given special training and by those who had no such training is carefully analyzed. |
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THE PROBLEM | 3 |
THE MINNESOTA READING EXAMINATION | 17 |
MINNESOTA READING EXAMINATION XI XIII | 41 |
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A150 Vocabulary Training average gain cabulary Chapman-Cook Speed class period coefficient of correlation College Ability Ratings College Ability Test college juniors College Students COMBINED GROUPS control group English composition evaluated Examination Xi Experiment IV experimental and control experimental group fact fall quarter Final English mark FINAL SCORES final tests Form A150 Vocabulary Form A75 freshmen Gain on Minnesota given grade Group in Standard high school seniors Honor-point ratio improvement initial scores initial tests main campus Matched Groups matched pairs Mean College Ability mean gain Minnesota College Ability Minnesota Reading Examination Minnesota Speed minutes obtained PERCENTILE NORMS probable error rate of reading RAW SCORE reading abilities reading comprehension Reading Experiment Reading Test reliability REVISED FORM scale points sections Speed of Reading spring quarter standard deviations STANDARD SCORES TABLE Test for College tion training exercises training group training period vocabu vocabulary exercises Vocabulary Test Vocabulary Training Test winter quarter