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Morgan, Mary – 1989
Focusing on content area reading in elementary education, this annotated bibliography contains references to 29 articles and papers in the ERIC database, dating from 1987 to 1989. The citations include articles discussing content area reading research, reading material selection, and teaching strategies for content area reading at the elementary…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Eppele, Ruth – 1989
This 31-item bibliography which ranges from 1981 to 1988 focuses on the special needs of gifted students in the reading classroom and the challenges to the reading teacher to encourage gifted students to stretch intellectually and to develop critical thinking and reading skills. The articles deal with issues related to reading material selection,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted Disadvantaged
Lehr, Fran – 1986
Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest explores the relationship between television viewing habits and reading achievement. The digest first examines recent research indicating a negative relationship between television viewing in excess of ten hours and reading performance. The digest next focuses on the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes
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Cousin, Patricia Tefft – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Recommends teaching suggestions which focus on three broad areas: (1) strategies for teaching textbook organization; (2) strategies for using graphics to organize the information covered in the text; and (3) the use of an integrated approach to content area teaching. Cites studies to support these recommendations. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Graphic Organizers, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum
Wolverton, Lorrie – 1988
Child abuse education in the migrant classroom can accomplish five major goals: (1) provide support to the child who has suffered some form of maltreatment; (2) teach children abuse prevention strategies; (3) teach all children to accept those who have special problems; (4) improve children's self-concepts; and (5) encourage the abused child to…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Staley, Rebecca R.; Staley, Frederick A. – 1988
A framework for using the outdoors as a vehicle for providing meaningful language arts experiences is presented in this guide geared toward intermediate students but adaptable for other ages. The introduction outlines goals of language arts instruction and notes that activities conducted outdoors contribute to these goals because they are…
Descriptors: American Indians, Animals, Astronomy, Childrens Art