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| Reading World | 35 |
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| Basile, Donald D. | 2 |
| Bean, Thomas W. | 2 |
| Readence, John E. | 2 |
| Aaronson, Shirley | 1 |
| Appleby, Anita | 1 |
| Baumann, James F. | 1 |
| Brandt, Patti | 1 |
| Brunner, Joseph | 1 |
| Campbell, John J. | 1 |
| Carvell, Robert L. | 1 |
| Cheek, Earl H., Jr. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 30 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 13 |
| Reports - Research | 9 |
| Opinion Papers | 8 |
| Information Analyses | 7 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 9 |
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Peer reviewedOrlando, Vincent P. – Reading World, 1980
Relates the benefits of a modified version of the SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, and review) study technique and tells how the modified version emphasizes previewing, reading, reciting, reviewing, and checking notes. Describes a two-phase strategy for training students to use the technique and providing guidance in applying it. (GT)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Study Skills, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedThomas, Keith J. – Reading World, 1979
Suggests three uses of the cloze procedure in content area reading to emphasize particular features such as content, structure, or concept. Provides illustrations of each type of study guide. (TJ)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Study Skills
Peer reviewedRiley, James D. – Reading World, 1979
Compares and contrasts the direct teaching of reading and the functional teaching of reading in a content area and indicates that a content area focus may facilitate the learning of reading skills. (TJ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedNist, Sherrie L. – Reading World, 1985
Argues that college reading should be taught in a holistic manner. Presents characteristics of college developmental readers and discusses several generalizations that should be considered when teaching college reading holistically. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Holistic Approach
Peer reviewedRauch, Sidney J. – Reading World, 1982
Offers suggestions for use by administrators in motivating content area teachers to incorporate more reading instruction into their classes. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitude Change, Content Area Reading, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedCampbell, John J. – Reading World, 1978
Presents strategies which reading teachers can use with content teachers and students to facilitate the teaching of reading skills in content classes. (JM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedSmith, Christine C.; Bean, Thomas W. – Reading World, 1980
Describes a technique, the "Guided Writing Procedure," for integrating content teaching and writing improvement. Provides a series of sequential steps for implementing the procedure. (TJ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedAppleby, Anita – Reading World, 1977
Presents an informal testing device for discerning reading proficiency in students where standardized measurement is invalid. (JM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedDishner, Ernest K.; Readence, John E. – Reading World, 1977
Offers suggestions which can help reading specialists provide practical assistance to the content area teacher. (JM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Diagnostic Teaching, Middle Schools, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedMoore, Samuel C.; Lemons, Robert – Reading World, 1982
Reports on the construction and validation of a reading attitude scale designed to measure attitudes toward academic, general, and vocational reading materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedVacca, JoAnne L. – Reading World, 1981
Clarifies the role of the reading specialist as it pertains to inservice education. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedBasile, Donald D. – Reading World, 1978
Suggests that college reading instructors should use an integrated approach (rather than a series of activities) to teach textbook reading and discusses previewing, reading for meaning, paraphrasing, analyzing, and reviewing. (JM)
Descriptors: College Students, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
Peer reviewedBean, Thomas W.; Brandt, Patti – Reading World, 1981
Concludes that the maze procedure tended to overestimate students' ability to cope with an unfamiliar text, while the cloze procedure appeared to be a reasonably accurate measure. (FL)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, History Instruction
Peer reviewedPauk, Walter – Reading World, 1984
Offers tips on how to prepare for test taking, including taking notes, reading textbooks, reviewing, and approaching the test with a positive attitude. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Student Role, Study Skills
Peer reviewedHunter, Jill S. – Reading World, 1984
Provides an overview of the types of reading programs found in four-year colleges, shows what research says about the different strategies used by good and poor readers in comprehending material, and reviews several existing university programs that are successful in providing instruction in these important reading and learning strategies. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction
