Academic Achievement and the Ability of Post-Secondary Students to Read Assigned Materials
Description:
This study provides a rationale for adopting course materials. It demonstrates the relationship between ability to read assigned materials and academic achievement, and that selection of materials creates two groups having different probabilities of success. The sample was selected from a population of all students enrolled in Principles of Economics courses at North Texas State University in the spring semester of 1986. The Nelson-Denny Reading Test was used to determine reading ability. Assig…
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Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Cohick, Mikel William