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Peer reviewedPascoe, Elaine; Gilchrist, Margaret – English in Australia, 1987
Presents a study comparing the elements children report enjoying in a book and the elements teachers believe children enjoy. Concludes that a great discrepancy exists between the two groups, as children reported they liked books offering excitement, suspense, and action, while teachers believed children pay more attention to characters. (JC)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCurrie, Helen – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
Special needs teachers and subject teachers simplified text in British secondary level science and humanities courses and used the text with a class of mixed attainment groups. Subsequent assessment indicated that marks of higher achievers were consistently high and marks of low achievers were significantly improved compared to a control group.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Humanities Instruction
Direct linkLonghurst, James – History Teacher, 2003
A colleague of the author once observed that papers from first-year history students often feature blinding flashes of the obvious: (1) sweeping declarations that war is bad; (2) social inequality is unfair; or (3) that China is a big place. These sorts of papers sometimes begin with mind-boggling generalizations like "Throughout history, all…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, World History, Reading Comprehension, Instructional Design
Download full textHayes, Bernard L., Ed.; Camperell, Kay, Ed. – Yearbook of the American Reading Forum, 1994
The papers in this yearbook focus on the strategies, practices, and research related to elementary reading, secondary reading, adult reading, literature, philosophy of reading, psychology of reading, affective issues, administration, supervision, research, teacher training, assessment that affect reading and reading instruction. Papers in the book…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Rubin, Dorothy – 1997
Based on the premise that diagnosis and correction are interwoven with reading instruction on a daily basis, this book helps preservice and in-service teachers acquire the skills necessary to make diagnosis and correction integral parts of their reading program. To achieve this goal, the book combines theory, basic knowledge and skills, practical…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Performance Based Assessment
Lynch, Tony, Ed. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
A yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh University's Department of Applied Linguistics is offered with the aim of eliciting reactions and criticism. Papers in this compilation are: "Discursive Aspects of Metafiction: A Neo-Oral Aura?"; "The Reaction of Learners to Tape-Based Listening Comprehension Materials in French,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Loos, Eugene, Ed. – Notes on Linguistics, 1991
This document consists of the four issues of "Notes on Linguistics" published during 1991. Articles in the four issues include: "Linguistics without Books: A Diary Entry" (John Verhaar); "Writing for Scholarly Publications" (Howard Law); "Will Kofi Understand the White Woman's Dictionary?" (Gillian Hansford); "Tips About 'WORD'" (Bryan Harmelink);…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Dictionaries
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1991
Section A of the Miscellaneous Studies section of the proceedings contains the following 17 papers: "Readability Reconsidered: A Study of Reader Reactions to Differences in Fog Indexes" (Katherine C. McAdams); "Country and Nostalgia: Space and Time in Magazine Journalism" (Allen W. Palmer); "Images and Descriptions: A…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, Homosexuality
Fadale, LaVerna M.; Winter, Gene M. – 1982
This resource manual supplement presents selected inservice teacher education materials developed in 1982 by two-year college staff for use in local faculty development programs in New York. Introductory material identifies the goal of the inservice project, i.e., to enhance student success in postsecondary occupational programs by increasing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of the single-parent family on reading comprehension and attitude toward reading; (2) the relationship between first grade children's reading…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Style, Doctoral Dissertations
Yore, Larry D.; Shymansky, James A. – 1985
With traditional science textbooks still dominating the market, it is projected that the use of print material and related reading skills will persist as the prime method of science instruction. The need to research reading-science issues exists. This paper attempts to define the task or desired outcomes of research in reading-science dimensions.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Area Reading, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Byrne, Carolyn D. – 1979
In 1978 the New York State Board of Regents initiated action to establish statewide high school graduation standards for reading comprehension. The process began by measuring the readability levels of materials used in core courses and materials that adults normally read (newspapers, news magazines, and feature magazines). To do this,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Graduation Requirements
LONDONER, CARROLL A. – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE READABILITY LEVELS OF CURRICULUM MATERIALS USED IN THE BASIC AND THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE ATTERBURY JOB CORPS CENTER IN INDIANA. THE GUNNING FOG INDEX WAS USED TO MEASURE STYLE OF DIFFICULTY AS CREATED BY LENGTHY SENTENCES AND POLYSYLLABIC WORDS. THIS IS HIGHLY CORRELATED TO THE LEVEL OF SCHOOL GRADE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Grade 4, Grade 5
Nelson, Nancy Wong, Ed. – 1977
Articles collected in this booklet discuss topics related to the back-to-basics controversy: basic steps in teaching reading, creative reading, the relationship between reading and writing, teaching creative reading through museum experiences, content reading, and the use of prereading as a study skill. In addition, directions for using a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Content Area Reading
Carroll, John B. – 1971
This review, based on a survey of more than 1200 items in the research literature, begins by attempting to outline a theory of language comprehension and learning from language. A lengthy chapter is devoted to problems in the measurement of comprehension and of learning from connected discourse. Also considered, in successive chapters, are the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Connected Discourse
