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Peer reviewedCampbell, Anne – Journal of Reading, 1979
Explains why applying a readability formula to a content text is not enough to determine whether a student can read and understand the book. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Mathematics Instruction, Readability, Readability Formulas
Clary, Linda Mixon – 1977
This paper discusses methods of teaching reading in the content areas at the middle school, junior high school, and secondary school levels. If a textbook is to be used, teachers should examine it by administering a readability formula and by checking the book's vocabulary, sentence patterns, and introduction of abstract concepts. To find how well…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Informal Reading Inventories, Instructional Materials
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Student Development Center. – 1981
Intended as a resource of staff-tested activities for two-year college faculty, staff, and administrators, this manual is a compilation of representative materials from training workshops conducted, as a professional development project, to increase instructor skills and knowledge regarding intervention in reading deficiency of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Faculty, Content Area Reading, Faculty Development
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Construction Trades Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its usefulness…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Trade & Industrial Occupations Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Health Occupations Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its usefulness…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1981
Clustered Business Occupations Reading Strategies is one of four instructional guides developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency. Section 1 concerns readability and gives procedures and guidelines for collecting samples. Section 2 briefly describes the Cloze procedure and its…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case (Grammar), Clerical Occupations, Cloze Procedure
