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Peer reviewedVaughan, Sally; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1979
Suggests lessons based on categorizing and several learning modalities to expand students' vocabulary. (MKM)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Imagery, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedHofler, Donald B. – Reading World, 1983
Offers a procedure for use in teaching students how to outline. (FL)
Descriptors: Classification, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Skill Development
Peer reviewedReadence, John E.; Searfoss, Lyndon W. – English Journal, 1980
Outlines procedures by which teachers can foster and speed up student vocabulary growth. Discusses three aspects of categorization: word fluency, the list-group-label lesson, and feature analysis. (RL)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Improvement, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Journal of Reading, 1981
Presents a taxonomy of graphs, including lineal, quantitative, spatial, pictorial, hypothetical, and omitted graphs. Provides illustrations of each kind of graph and suggests that reading teachers take the responsibility for teaching graph reading and drawing skills. (MKM)
Descriptors: Classification, Drafting, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading
Peer reviewedFrager, Alan M. – Clearing House, 1985
Discusses List-Group-Preview, an activity that combines eliciting prior knowledge with guiding students through a new textbook chapter. (FL)
Descriptors: Classification, Learning Activities, Prior Learning, Reading Ability
Gillis, M. K. – 1985
Noting that good reading comprehension is aided by the reader's attention to text organization, this paper presents a rationale and method for teaching students to map content materials. The paper begins by noting research demonstrating that good comprehenders attend to text organization. It then briefly reviews research related to the impact on…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
