A study investigated whether there would be any significant difference in the academic achievement of primary grade students when learning science through the use of textbook instruction or literature-based instruction. Two third-grade classes in Paterson, New Jersey, were involved. The experimental group, (a class of 24 students), was instructed…

As teachers incorporate multiculturalism into the curriculum and continue with a literature-based approach, the need to identify multicultural literature becomes greater. Based on this teaching method and the incorporation of multiculturalism, an effective tool to help teachers is an annotated bibliography of multicultural content-area trade…

Although the popular press has reported that college textbooks are becoming easier to read in response to the lowered reading skill level of entering freshmen, a recent study found that newer editions of college texts were more difficult to read than earlier editions of the same texts. A study was undertaken to determine which of the two views was…

This study is on the importance of reading in mathematics. The hypothesis is that reading word problems affects the outcome of problem solving. Students, 44 fourth-graders in two different math classes taught by the same teacher, were given computation problems and other students received the same computation problems within a story problem. The…

A study investigated whether students instructed with expository (content area) materials in conjunction with the narrative materials used in the reading program would differ in reading comprehension achievement from students who were instructed with the narrative materials only. A control group of 19 fifth grade students was taught according to a…

This study investigated the effectiveness of the SQ3R study skill technique in the science education of sixth grade students. Subjects, 30 students in a control group and 19 students in the experimental group comprising two separate classrooms in a culturally mixed urban elementary school, used the science text "Gateways to Science" and…

A study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the ability to comprehend in reading has no effect on mathematical problem solving ability of seventh grade students. Two seventh grade classes were administered a standardized test of reading comprehension and knowledge of mathematical concepts and application at the beginning of a school year.…

Intended to provide guidance for secondary school mathematics teachers who desire to maximize the reading abilities of their students and thus maximize students' performance, this report attempts to make the secondary school teacher aware of some of the difficulties encountered in reading mathematics and offers some techniques, activities, and…

A study was conducted to determine the effects of the "Cherry Hill Study Skills Program" on eighth grade students' reading comprehension and study skills. The "Cherry Hill Study Skills Program" is a process oriented course dealing with the sequential development of nine specific skills deemed essential to the retrieval and retention of information…

A study compared test scores of students instructed to use graphic organizers while reading social studies content material with those of students not using the strategy. Subjects, students in two fourth-grade classes in a primarily middle class, suburban community, studied two chapters from a social studies textbook and completed chapter tests…

Six questions guided a literature review of content area reading instruction in American secondary schools since 1966: (1) What is the history of reading instruction in American secondary schools through 1965? (2) Why is reading instruction at the secondary level important? (3) What are some factors both within and without secondary schools that…

A study investigated the attitudes of secondary school content area teachers toward (1) reading disabled students, (2) teaching reading in the content areas, and (3) attending inservice workshops relating to the topic. Forty-five teachers completed a 62-item questionnaire. The results showed that approximately 50% of the teachers had acquired some…

A study examined whether pictures presented in advance of reading a text (advance organizers) as compared to pictures presented after reading a text (postorganizers) would significantly enhance the reader's retention of the text's content. Sixty college students rated their familiarity with six topics, then read materials presented on the three…

A study was conducted to show that there would be no difference between two samples' abilities to complete a hands-on science project when one is provided with advance organizers and the other is not. The sample of students were second, third, and fourth graders from the science program in Piscataway Township Schools in New Jersey. The…

A study examined the effect of three different prereading vocabulary development strategies on sixth grade science test results. Subjects, 81 sixth-grade students from a suburban, middle-class school in Union County, New Jersey, were divided into four heterogeneous science classes and given a pretest of 40 vocabulary words taken from the science…