The Role of Self-Image on Reading Rate and Comprehension Achievement

Reports that students in a college reading efficiency course who had high self-images read significantly faster than those with low self-images, that students with initially high self-images did not maintain those images, that males had higher self-images and read faster than did females, and that t...

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Published inReading Improvement Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 22
Main Authors Brown, James I, McDowell, Earl E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1979
Subjects
Females
Higher Education
Males
Reading Achievement
Reading Comprehension
Reading Rate
Reading Research
Self Concept
Student Characteristics
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Summary:Reports that students in a college reading efficiency course who had high self-images read significantly faster than those with low self-images, that students with initially high self-images did not maintain those images, that males had higher self-images and read faster than did females, and that there were negative relationships between speed and comprehension. (FL)