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Reading is a basic competence that students have to master to be successful. Despite this fact, recent studies show that there
may be a significant decline in the reading abilities of college students, one of the most educated segments of any
population. This work is a prospecting study regarding the assessment of reading abilities of college students, namely in the
context of Engineering education. Based on an existing screening test for assessing reading difficulties of children and
teenagers, this work presents the results obtained by administrating that test to students at a top engineering institution in
Portugal. An outcome of this study is the determination of a time range suitable for a massive, time limited, use of
the previously mentioned test to assess college students, thus enabling a basic tool that will permit, in future works, to
screen reading abilities in wider college populations. This work also shows evidence that ca. 20% of college students present
a poor reading performance, revealing a strong need for monitoring college students’ reading abilities along different
generations.
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Engineering education Reading abilities Non-technical skills
Citation
Sucena, A., Carneiro, J. F., & Gomes de Almeida, F. (2014). Assessing Reading Abilities of Mechanical Engineering College Students: A Prospecting Study. International Journal of Engineering Education, 30, 378–387.