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Cooperative Learning in College Reading and Study Skills Classes.
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Radebaugh, Muriel Rogie; Kazemek, Francis E. – Journal of Reading, 1989
Describes how current insights into literacy, teaching, and learning as social, collaborative processes can be incorporated into college reading and study skills classes. Suggests several cooperative activities and strategies, including small group discussion, forming permanent study groups, and sharing study habits. (MM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Reading Instruction, Study Skills
Using Frames to Promote Critical Writing.
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Ryder, Randall J. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes a cooperative learning strategy that promotes students' ability to construct knowledge and engage in higher level thinking. Describes teaching students to apply a cognitive frame, share information, and use peer evaluation for revision in critical writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Peer Evaluation, Revision (Written Composition)
Time for Nonfiction? (From the Teacher's Desk).
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McAloon, Noreen M. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Presents a teaching strategy that uses modeling, discussion, and group work to teach reading research strategies in context. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Cooperative Learning, Lesson Plans
Critical Reading for At-Risk Students.
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Thistlethwaite, Linda L. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Advocates teaching at-risk secondary and higher education students to read critically. Discusses seven activities for teaching critical reading, which involve reading and writing in a cooperative learning environment. (RS)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, High Risk Students
Ways to Have Happier Secondary Remedial Reading Classes (Open to Suggestion).
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De Long Wolak, Donna – Journal of Reading, 1990
Discusses three ways to improve the remedial classroom environment: (1) provide a stress-free environment; (2) have students work towards fluency in a variety of materials; and (3) show students the advantages of cooperative learning and how to do it. (RS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Attitudes
Open to Suggestion.
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Journal of Reading, 1990
Presents four brief articles which describe (1) ideas for teaching vocabulary through cooperative learning; (2) ways to include discussion in sustained silent reading; (3) an artistic prewriting activity; and (4) the effects of background television viewing on studying. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Prewriting
Open to Suggestion.
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Lie, Anita; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1993
Discusses (1) paired storytelling in an English-as-a-foreign-language setting; (2) a state survey of computer usage in adult literacy programs; (3) using cooperative learning in teaching content reading; (4) learning-disabled students and the SQ3R formula; and (5) five rules for making collaborative learning effective. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Instructional Strategies for Second-Language Learners in the Content Areas.
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Reyes, Maria de la Luz; Molner, Linda A. – Journal of Reading, 1991
Discusses important considerations for teachers as they plan and implement content area instruction with linguistically diverse students. Reviews promising strategies for content area instruction that are appropriate and appealing for mixed groups of native and nonnative speakers. (SR)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education