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| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 3 |
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Peer reviewedLee, Howard D. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Reviews reading problems encountered in industrial arts courses and provides suggestions for how to deal with them. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Industrial Arts, Readability, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedNelson-Herber, Joan – Journal of Reading, 1986
Argues that new vocabulary words should be presented in concept clusters and related to prior knowledge to facilitate organization in memory. Presents a sample lesson for science vocabulary. (HOD)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedBaechtold, Shirley; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes how news magazines were used successfully as supplements to teach civic literacy, vocabulary, and writing to college level reluctant readers. Contains two sample exercises. (HOD)
Descriptors: Current Events, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Periodicals
