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Peer reviewedCarlisle, Joanne F. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article compares four theories relating vocabulary knowledge to reading comprehension and applies these theories to vocabulary development instructional approaches for various types of students with problems in reading comprehension. The four theories are the instrumentalist hypothesis, the aptitude hypothesis, the access hypothesis, and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedLicht, Barbara G.; Dweck, Carol S. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines the degree to which experiencing confusion during the acquisition of new academic material differentially affects classroom performance of helpless and mastery-oriented fifth-graders. Provides an initial test of a theoretical approach to understanding differences between male and female performances in different subject areas. (AS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Gains, Achievement Need
Readence, John E.; And Others – 1992
Integrating the current "state of the art" in content area reading with some new ideas, this book presents preservice and inservice teachers with theory and related teaching strategies to aid students in reading and learning from their textbooks. The book provides teachers with a comprehensive examination of content area reading to make…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Individual Differences, Integrated Activities
Singer, Harry; Donlan, Dan – 1985
Appropriate for teachers of any grade who want to teach their students how to read and learn from text, this book explains how to develop and use strategies that will enable all students to read and learn in the content areas without stigmatizing them. The book is divided into four parts. The first part explains the changing role of the school and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change
