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Custer, Susan; And Others – 1995
This book offers study strategies and techniques which were originally used in resource rooms for students with mild disabilities but are appropriate for all students, all content areas, and all educational levels. The book is structured around the acronym SMARTS for the six action steps or skills covered: (1) Studying, (2) Memorizing, (3) Active…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Listening Skills, Memorization

Journal 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
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Construction Trades Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its usefulness…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Trade & Industrial Occupations Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Health Occupations Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its usefulness…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Business Occupations Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case (Grammar), Clerical Occupations, Cloze Procedure