Postelementary reading instruction is offered in many specialized developmental and remedial courses, but there is some awareness of reading needs in content areas and of the need for those teachers to accept responsibility. A review of the literature examines whether postelementary teachers teach reading as an integral part of their content area…

A strategy for teaching reading was developed and tested to determine in what way such a strategy would influence ability to recognize patterns of organization, content acquisition, social studies reading, and general reading comprehension. (PCB)