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Gunston-Parks, Cynthia; Thomas, Keith J. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Discusses four classroom writing activities that can be subsumed within the content area learning environment: anticipatory questioning, notetaking, using graphic organizers, and writing summary paragraphs. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Processes, Prior Learning, Secondary Education

Stahl, Norman A.; Henk, William A. – Reading Horizons, 1985
Reviews literature on (1) prerequisite skills students should develop prior to learning a textbook-study system, (2) teaching activities undertaken before introducing a system to a class, and (3) recommended procedures for teaching SQ3R. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction

Harker, W. John – Reading Horizons, 1979
Suggested teaching techniques for secondary reading include clarifying the learning task, avoiding information overload, encouraging risk taking, and understanding the nature of feedback. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Learning Processes, Psycholinguistics

Schell, Leo M. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Provides methods teachers can use to help remedial readers attack both monosyllabic and multisyllabic words they do not recognize. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Reading Difficulties

Ashby-Davis, Claire – Reading Horizons, 1986
Presents a method for improving reading comprehension through direct instruction of inductive reasoning. Students gather clues to personality of characters as play progresses and from these arrive at an overall generalization concerning the complexities of the character. (SRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Drama