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Download full textRush, R. Timothy – 1984
Noting that readability formulas are strictly text-based and therefore do not reflect the interactive nature of the reading process, this paper argues that many of the instructional material evaluations for which such formulas are used are inappropriate and offers more reader-based alternatives to the use of formulas. The first half of the paper…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials, Readability
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1980
Five contributors separately discuss (1) a formula for describing the anticipatory process in reading; (2) a combined reading, writing, and comprehension exercise that proved popular with rehabilitation students; (3) an adult education project involving reports on recreational reading; (4) limitations of the Fry Readability Graph; and (5) a method…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Foreign Countries
Duin, Ann Hill; Prenn, Maureen – 1985
Researchers investigating study strategies have observed that the textbooks themselves often contribute to students' comprehension and learning difficulties. Teachers, by being aware of qualities of inconsiderate texts, can identify poorly written texts, can prepare students for difficulties in upcoming sections of the text, and can instruct…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedIdol, Lorna – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1988
This empirically-based model depicts the interactive, constructivist process of reading and three classes of variables that influence reading. Teacher variables include presentation, instructional intervention, instructional climate, and behavior management. Text variables include text language, relevance, organization, story structures, and…
Descriptors: Attention, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Strickland, Dorothy S.; And Others – 1987
Noting that the proliferation of computers in the schools requires teachers to know the best ways to use them, this book shows how the computer can be used in a reading and language arts curriculum as tool, tutor, and tutee with currently available software. Chapter one defines the reading process in terms of its relationship to background…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Copyrights
Harris, Theodore L., Ed.; Cooper, Eric J., Ed. – 1985
Intended to help teachers both improve students' text comprehension and better understand the teaching-learning process involved, this book focuses on comprehension and concept development as the central core of an effective educational program. The book's five sections deal with teaching explicit comprehension skills, precomprehension and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Content Area Reading
