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Stoddard, Ann H. – 1984
Intended for primary school teachers involved in social studies instruction, this paper offers guidelines for selecting and using children's literature to teach social studies concepts. The paper first deals with selecting children's literature works, presenting basic considerations relating children's developmental stages to characteristics of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Download full textArmbruster, Bonnie B.; Anderson, Thomas H. – 1981
Focusing on what authors can do to facilitate learning from content area textbooks, this report labels authors as "considerate," providing text that readers can understand with a minimum of cognitive effort, or as "inconsiderate," creating text that requires a conscientious, highly skilled effort if readers are to comprehend…
Descriptors: Authors, Check Lists, Cognitive Processes, Coherence
