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| Journal of Reading | 793 |
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Peer reviewedShepherd, James W.; Dickerson, Frances E. – Journal of Reading, 1977
The Fry Graph for Estimating Readability can be used to provide students with feedback concerning the complexity of their writing. (KS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Readability, Secondary Education, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedSakta, Cathy G. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Describes using the graphic organizer as an instructional tool prior to lecturing to help students take accurate lecture notes. (SR)
Descriptors: Graphic Organizers, High Schools, Lecture Method, Notetaking
Peer reviewedLindsey, Jimmy D.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes two word-recognition activities and a cross-age tutoring program that have proven successful in developing poor readers' sight vocabulary. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Kinesthetic Methods, Language Experience Approach, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedKelly, Brenda Wright; Holmes, Janis – Journal of Reading, 1979
Describes a note taking and teaching strategy designed to help students think during lectures and assimilate material in a synthesized form via small group and written recapitulation. (MKM)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Discussion Groups, Higher Education, Lecture Method
Peer reviewedStrange, Michael; Allington, Richard L. – Journal of Reading, 1977
Describes how to evaluate reading assignments so that teachers will know when and how to intervene. (MB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Reading Assignments, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedStahle, Debra L.; Mitchell, Judith P. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes experiences using portfolios in preservice reading/language arts methods courses, including portfolio development, values of the portfolio, transferring knowledge to practice, and future directions. (SR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Higher Education, Language Arts, Methods Courses
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1989
Presents six ideas for teaching vocabulary including using firsthand experiences as illustrations, concrete items and visuals, comparisons of related words, variations or transformations of words, figurative meanings, and context to make intelligent guesses. (RS)
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary
Peer reviewedIrwin, Pi A.; Mitchell, Judy Nichols – Journal of Reading, 1983
Proposes adapting holistic scoring to oral retellings of stories as a means of developing students' concepts of interrelationships and their higher levels of comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation, Oral Reading
Peer reviewedLopez, Josefina – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes Cuba's preschool reading readiness program, which emphasizes phonemic analysis. (AEA)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Peer reviewedStrackbein, Deanna; Tillman, Montague – Journal of Reading, 1987
Provides teachers with instructions on effectively using student journals in classes at all levels. Gives examples of different types of personal writing students can engage in, suggests ways to respond to them, and lists benefits of and reservations about using journals in writing classes. (SKC)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Diaries, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBader, Lois A. – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Methods Courses, Reading Consultants, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedRogers, Douglas B. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Suggests that teachers can develop students' study-reading skills more successfully using investigative processes rather than workbook-type exercises. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization, Notetaking
Peer reviewedFarrell, Edwin – Journal of Reading, 1976
Describes how Carl Jung's four personality types might relate to the selection of particular reading instruction methods. (RB)
Descriptors: Personality, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedHarker, W. John – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedMavrogenes, Nancy A. – Journal of Reading, 1980
How the Greeks taught reading is not only historically interesting but also relevant to educational concerns today. (JT)
Descriptors: Educational History, Greek Civilization, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
