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McArthur, Kerry G. – Reading Horizons, 2012
Concerns about adolescent literacy continue to be highlighted in regards to the challenges of reading and learning from academic text. Recent efforts to address these concerns have led to an examination of the disciplines and their specialized ways of thinking and using language. In this article I discusses a metalinguistic protocol in a…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Reading
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Ruddell, Robert B.; Boyle, Owen F. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Investigates the effects of cognitive mapping on written summarization and comprehension of expository text. Concludes that mapping appears to assist students in: (1) developing procedural knowledge resulting in more effective written summarization and (2) identifying and using supporting details in their essays. (MG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Higher Education, Reading Assignments, Reading Comprehension
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Beauvais, Paul J. – Exercise Exchange, 1989
Describes the Reporter's Reading Method, a student-directed reading system that requires students to write questions as they read, and use those questions as the basis for classroom discussion. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Reading Assignments
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Maria, Katherine; Hathaway, Katheryn – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes an activity (the first assignment in a graduate reading course for teachers) which provides teachers with the opportunity to develop awareness of their own reading processes by thinking aloud about the strategies they use when reading texts that are difficult for them. (SR)
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension
Narang, Harbans L. – 1990
To help achieve success, students must construct purposes for reading so that they can gain the appropriate kind of information while reading. After a student has set a purpose for reading, she/he may preview the material to be read. The next step is to read the material at an appropriate speed considering the purpose for reading and the nature of…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Higher Education, Metacognition
Adler-Kassner, Linda – 1996
In a basic-level writing course at the University of Minnesota, students were asked to read and engage in intelligent conservation about Keith Gilyard's "Voices of the Self." The book is about education but alternates autobiographical material with scholarly analysis. Literacy researchers expect students to read a text, understand what…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
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Spencer, Brenda H.; Angus, Kathryn Bartle – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1998
Describes one approach (group presentations) that has been particularly successful in developing both the skills and the disposition toward critical reading. Describes creating the classroom environment, as well as three presentations (one small-group and two large-group) in which students participate over the course of the semester that are…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning
Christensen, Torkil – Journal of Hokusei Junior College, 1992
A required reading course for first-year English majors at Hokusei Junior College (Japan) is described. The course is intended to teach students to survey a text, read through it, form an opinion about its content, and skim portions that are less important. At the same time, students are encouraged to guess at the meaning of unknown vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
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Myers, Eleanor L. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1999
Describes the experience of one developmental reading class instructor in using articles from current event publications to foster problem solving, synthesis and analysis, and perspective-taking. Discusses the assignments given to the students and the process used for evaluating student work. Includes a six-step demonstration of study strategies.…
Descriptors: Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Literacy Education
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Hollingsworth, Paul M.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1993
Offers eight teaching suggestions from teachers, regarding an effective strategy for teaching inferential comprehension, how to chose a good book, book celebrations, annotation writing for developmental readers, an assignment to promote reading for pleasure, a discussion group program for adult new readers, memo writing as an information network,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
Matthews, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1985
The literature selections serving as the basis for writing assignments in the articles in this journal issue range from time-honored English classics ("Beowulf,""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight") and American standards ("A Farewell to Arms,""The Scarlet Letter") to contemporary fiction. The articles deal with works by women writers (Shirley…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classics (Literature), Critical Thinking, English Instruction
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Meng, Lynn Whitnall; Meng, Mark – 1994
Library use instruction designed specifically for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students is discussed briefly and library skill activities used with this population at Union County College (New Jersey) are described. It is noted that many students from other countries have had little or no exposure to libraries because of either limited…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)