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 achievement addition analysis appears average chapter close College Ability Test College Students column COMBINED comparison comprehension control group course determined difference direction distribution drills Education effect evaluated Examination Xi exercises Experiment experimental group fact factors fall quarter farm campus favor final tests Form A150 Vocabulary Form A75 four freshmen further gain given grade greater high school Honor-point ratio improvement indicates individual initial tests interpretation involved limited lists main campus matched pairs material mean measure mental method Minnesota Reading Examination Minnesota Speed minutes NORMS obtained paragraph reading percentile period points possible present probable error question RAW SCORE Reading Test reliability reported scale scores secured selected seniors shows significant similar specific Speed of Reading spring quarter STANDARD DEVIATIONS summary TABLE Test for College tion University values Vocabulary Test Vocabulary Training Test week winter quarter