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Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. – Instructor, 2001
Think-alouds during reading allow teachers to model their thinking by voicing all the things they are noticing, doing, seeing, feeling, and asking as they process the text. Inferencing is essential for students to comprehend a wide variety of texts successfully. This article describes how teachers can use think-alouds to lend their language and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Whitehead, David – Australian Journal of Reading, 1986
Explains five strategies for teaching reading comprehension: (1) imaging or visualizing; (2) paraphrasing; (3) questioning and inference; (4) prereading; and (5) metacognitive strategies. (SRT)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Inferences, Metacognition, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedMcIntosh, Margaret – Reading Teacher, 1985
Argues that making inferences is an integral part of reading comprehension. Presents classroom strategies based on current research that encourage inference skill development. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Inferences, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedPoindexter, Candace A.; Prescott, Susan – Reading Teacher, 1986
Offers a metacognitive strategy for helping students answer inferential comprehension questions and a research-based rationale for its use. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Inferences, Metacognition
Download full textDepartment for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Developed for use in small groups, this unit focuses on developing skills pupils need if they are to progress from Level 3 to Level 4 in English of England's National Standards. It is meant to supplement, but not to replace, the English curriculum for Year 7 pupils. The unit is intended for Level 3 pupils working towards Level 4. It sets out to…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Context Clues, Foreign Countries, Inferences
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Adapted for whole class use, this unit focuses on developing skills pupils need if they are to progress from Level 3 to Level 4 in English of England's National Standards. It is meant to supplement, but not to replace, the English curriculum for Year 7 pupils. The unit is intended for Level 3 pupils working towards Level 4. It sets out to develop…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Context Clues, Foreign Countries, Inferences
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia M.; Cunningham, James W. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Develops several lessons that integrate reading and writing for the purpose of understanding and retaining knowledge. Illustrates the use of a feature matrix, as well as webs, outlines, and timelines as organizational devices to engage the students in active comprehension of text. (NKA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAshby-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
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This is one in a series of Instructional Strategies Guides designed to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Grade 9, High Schools
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This is one in a series of Instructional Strategies Guides designed to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Assessment, Grade 7
