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The impact of an academic reading programme in the Bachelor of Education (intermediate and senior phase) degree

Author(s) -

Candice Livingston,

Betsie Klopper,

Sanet Cox,

Corrie Uys

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

reading and writing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116

H-Index - 1

eISSN - 2308-1422

pISSN - 2079-8245

DOI - 10.4102/rw.v6i1.66

Subject(s) - reading (process) , bachelor , mathematics education , bachelor degree , reading comprehension , psychology , reading rate , computer science , academic year , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , political science , law

Research regarding the academic reading load experienced by first year students at universities in South Africa indicated that students are woefully under-prepared to deal with this load as they have limited reading experiences and strategies. This led to the implementation of an academic reading programme at a university of technology. In order to measure the impact of this academic reading programme, a sequential explanatory mixed-method model was designed to determine if the reading programme had led to any significant gains in reading speed and reading comprehension. The results of the empirical study indicated that the academic reading programme improved reading speed whilst maintaining comprehension

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