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1. Does Rapid Reading Training Really Work?

Author

Schmidt, David L.

Abstract

How successful are speed reading courses for adults? Author, who teaches speed reading and improvement of reading comprehension, backs up his assertion of their effectiveness with test result tables showing businessmen in particular benefit from such training. (PD)

Published
1972

5. LEVELS OF INTELLIGENCE OF PRISON INMATES.

Author

Schmidt, David G.

Subjects
INTELLIGENCE tests, INSTITUTIONALIZED persons, INTELLECTUAL disabilities, LITERACY
Abstract

The article studies the results of the 12 years of group testing of the intellectual level of inmates at California State Prison in San Quentin, California using the Otis Self-Administering Tests of Mental Ability and the Hennon-Nelson Tests of Mental Ability. Some of the findings include the following: the average prison inmates are subnormal in intelligence; thirty seven per cent of the inmates are borderline to mental defective in intelligence and the illiterate and physically handicapped are beyond the range of the group intelligence test.

Published
1946

8. Videotape in the Training of Medical Students in Psychiatric Aspects of Family Medicine

Author

Messner, Edward and Schmidt, David D.

Abstract

The paper describes a course in family medicine employing the preceptorship method and including patient-centered psychiatric conferences recorded on videotape. Considerations of confidentiality and informed consent are emphasized. A list of equipment and a rough cost estimate are presented. The usefulness of the videotape procedure and the possible applications of a tape library for continuing medical education program are discussed.

Published
1974
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9. DOES RAPID READING TRAINING REALLY WORK?

Author

Schmidt, David L.

Subjects
*SPEED reading, *UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Abstract

Addresses the question of whether rapid reading training programs are effective. Recording of speed and comprehension gains at the reading course of Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Kansas; Application of standardized test program to business groups.

Published
1972

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