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Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1985
The papers included in this book focus on writing and reading across the curriculum. Beginning with an introduction by Malcolm P. Douglass, the book contains the following 25 titles: "Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum" (Malcolm P. Douglass); "A Deepening Understanding of Reading and Writing" (Walter Loban); "The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Forsten, Char; Grant, Jim; Hollas, Betty – 2003
Differentiating textbooks is modifying or adapting textbooks in ways that make them easier for students to read and comprehend and then to retain what they have read. This book explains how teachers can motivate their students as they are confronted with text which is generally written in a "less-than-engaging" expository style. The strategies…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individualized Reading
Download full textSzabo, Susan, Ed.; Morrison, Timothy, Ed.; Martin, Linda, Ed.; Boggs, Merry, Ed.; Raine, I. LaVerne, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2010
For its 53rd annual meeting, the Association of Educators and Researchers met in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Marriott Charlotte City Center. This year's conference theme was "Building Literacy Communities", which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 32. This organization has long been the home of some of the nation's…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Influence of Technology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Harker, W. John, Ed. – 1985
Intended for secondary school content area teachers, this book provides a sequence of steps through which classroom content area reading programs can be developed. The chapters discuss the following: (l) four methods of diagnosis for content area reading; (2) a procedure for assessing the richness of retellings; (3) approaches to content area…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Program Development, Readability
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
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
