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Download full textMemphis State Univ., TN. Early Childhood Education Center. – 1978
This booklet provides guidelines to produce effective, responsive business letter writing, which promotes public relations, gives plain answers to questions, clearly states requests for additional information, and increases office efficiency and economy. Four major characteristics of such letters are discussed: (1) brevity and the avoidance of…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Business English, Communication Problems, Communication Skills
Downing, John; Brown, Amy L. – 1968
The symposium theme of "Today's Child and Learning to Read" provides the focal point for the 12 papers included in this volume. Each is concerned with an individual area of reading and the relevance of that area to the needs of today's students. Nearly half the articles deal with specific current approaches to reading instruction and their…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports, Disadvantaged
Gipe, Joan P. – 1998
Intended for classroom teachers at all levels and for undergraduate students in teacher education programs that included a practicum or field experience, this book provides both a guide and a resource for meeting the needs of readers experiencing difficulty. This fourth edition focuses on providing teachers with techniques for recognizing readers…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Corrective Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSchool Science Review, 1980
Presents three different papers: (1) mathematical models and understanding in science; (2) attitude shaping in the training of science teachers (a role-playing strategy for laboratory safety and mini teaching as opposed to micro teaching); and (3) a technique in the analysis of technical writing to improve reading skills of students. (SK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Science, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
Cole, Lee Thomas – 1994
A project examined the skills gap within the mining industry, identified and prioritized skills common to all jobs and occupations, and provided insight into skills that workers are likely to need in the future. The research for the basic skills needs assessment was conducted from June-October 1993 at INCO's Manitoba Division Operations in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Research
Sticht, Thomas G.; Mikulecky, Larry – 1984
This monograph describes the job-related basic skills requirements of the work force and explores ways of developing and improving the reading, writing, and computational abilities of workers. The paper first examines trends that are influencing the demand for basic skills, such as the decline in youth population and the increase in service and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Business, Employment Potential
Mattheis, Floyd E.; Nakayama, Genzo – 1988
The purpose of this project was to construct a valid and reliable noncurriculum specific measure of integrated science process skills intended for use with middle school students. The major efforts in test development were focused on the refinements and modifications of the set of objectives and test items assessed by the existing Middle Grades…
Descriptors: Graphs, Item Analysis, Middle Schools, Problem Solving
Williams, Ray – 1982
A British publisher conducted a readability study of its English language content area texts being used in foreign countries to determine how the texts could be made more readable. A cloze procedure assessment of a secondary school Hong Kong social studies series indicated that the English texts were too difficult for 91% of the pupils tested.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, English (Second Language)
Kim, Byong Won, Ed. – 1984
Focusing on instruction in the English language arts by students for whom English is a second language, this yearbook contains the papers from the precongress institute, "Reading English in Asia," of the tenth International Reading Association World Congress on Reading--held in Hong Kong in 1984. Part 1 contains "Linguistic Theories and L2…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Cultural Context
Brittain, Mary M. – 1981
An 11 page chapter from a sixth grade social studies text was used in a study assessing the complexities of comprehending social studies materials and the sensitivity of prospective and experienced teachers to these complexities. A sentence-by-sentence analysis of the thinking operations required for mastery of the material showed that numerous…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Difficulty Level, Elementary School Teachers
SCHERER, GEORGE A.C. – 1964
A SYSTEM OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION UTILIZING THE AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH CAN ENABLE THE STUDENT TO ACHIEVE REAL READING ABILITY IN THE TARGET LANGUAGE, AS OPPOSED TO LIMITED TRANSLATION ABILITY. SUCH A CAREFULLY STRUCTURED PROGRAM, WITH CLEARLY SPECIFIED TERMINAL BEHAVIOR, STEP-BY-STEP ORGANIZATION, AND THE FACILITY FOR SELF-TESTING, ALLOWS THE…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Listening Skills
Bertalan, John J. – 1976
A determination of the reading grade placement levels (GPLs) and final course grades of community college students in relationship to the GPLs of their assigned social science textbooks was the focus of a study at Citrus Community College (Florida). Dale-Chall readability placement levels were calculated for eight textbooks used in 19 classes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grade Prediction, Multiple Regression Analysis
Christ, Frank L., Ed. – 1972
The twenty-two papers included in this volume on the theme "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Reading Instruction" represent the views of reading/study specialists and directors for twelve junior-community colleges, two four-year colleges, five state and private universities, one hospital, and two companies which deal in educational products…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports
Harris, Albert J.; Sipay, Edward R. – 1975
The sixth edition of this text incorporates research done in the five years since the fifth edition was published and contains new terminology, new concepts, new illustrations, and new materials. The four guiding principles (breadth of scope, maintenance of a balanced point of view, practicality, and clarity) remain. Chapter topics are reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
McClellan, Dorinda Ann – 1970
Efforts of a junior-college staff to provide materials which students in college transfer, terminal, or noncredit programs can read are described. Since the community college has an open enrollment plan, the needs in this regard are widely varied. In order to meet those needs, a study was made of the 358 students in the college's initial…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Open Enrollment, Readability
