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Peer reviewedChase, Ann C.; Duffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Describes VOCAB-LIT, a technique for helping students understand literary elements through vocabulary study. Finds that the VOCAB-LIT technique is an effective strategy for integrating vocabulary study and literature study. (RS)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedCasale, Ula Price – Journal of Reading, 1985
Discusses the procedures and rationale for teaching students to connect new words with gestures or psychomotor meaning as well as semantic meaning. (HTH)
Descriptors: Body Language, Nonverbal Communication, Psychomotor Skills, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBuikema, Janice L.; Graves, Michael F. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes a vocabulary instructional unit and the repeated encouragement, modeling, and review that helped seventh and eighth graders use context clues to learn the meanings of new words. Discusses characteristics of the instruction that contributed to its effectiveness. (SR)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedWheatley, Elizabeth A.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1993
Shares three teachers' experiences writing their own computer-assisted instructional materials to improve the vocabulary development portion of a course designed to help at-risk first-year college students develop vocabulary and contextual analysis skills. Discusses theoretical foundation, program design, development and implementation of the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Context Clues
Peer reviewedBarrett, Mary T.; Graves, Michael F. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a program designed to teach content area vocabulary that resulted in vocabulary growth and improved comprehension. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Junior High School Students, Program Descriptions, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSharp, Sidney J. – Journal of Reading, 1989
Relates the author's experiences using the Language Experience Approach (LEA) and computers with content area materials to teach middle school remedial reading students. Lists nine goals that can be reached by conjoining LEA and content area materials. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Junior High Schools, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedRuddiman, Joan; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1993
Offers six teaching activities suggested by teachers: addressing vocabulary development; punctuation awareness; building background knowledge for English literature; a system for notetaking; a month-long unit on African folktales; and an Alzheimer patient's response to children's literature. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Alzheimers Disease, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading
Peer reviewedBeers, Penny G. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes a one-semester ninth grade developmental reading class that includes speed reading, study, and test-taking strategies. Provides a rate building and study skills bibliography. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Critical Reading
Peer reviewedDowning, John; Morris, Bert – Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes a model for reading--ERICA (Effective Reading in Content Areas)--that consists of four stages: preparing, thinking through, extracting and organizing, and translating. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Content Area Reading, Context Clues
