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Teaching Scientific Metaphors through Informational Text Read-Alouds
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Barnes, Erica M.; Oliveira, Alandeom W. – Reading Teacher, 2018
Elementary students are expected to use various features of informational texts to build knowledge in the content areas. In science informational texts, scientific metaphors are commonly used to make sense of complex and invisible processes. Although elementary students may be familiar with literary metaphors as used in narratives, they may be…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, Elementary School Science
ERIC/RCS: Images of the Elderly in Children's Literature.
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Taylor, Gail Cohen – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reviews ERIC documents pertaining to the way elderly people are portrayed in children's literature and textbooks. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Negative Attitudes
Teaching Reading in the Soviet Union
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Thall, Mark R. – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Memorization, Phonics
Reading Methodology Textbooks: Are They Helping Teachers Teach Comprehension?
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Durkin, Dolores – Reading Teacher, 1986
Indicates that popular methods texts used in college classes are no better than basal manuals in providing guidance in how to teach comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teacher Education
Understanding Content Material (In the Classroom).
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Gauthier, Lane Roy – Reading Teacher, 1989
Presents a strategy to improve students' comprehension of content material by having them read, discuss, and give written responses to items pertaining to short content texts. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades