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Individualized Reading-Thinking Activities
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Stauffer, Russell G.; Harrell, Max M. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Describes a program for individualizing directed reading-thinking activities. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Guided Reading Activities to Nurture the Literary Experience
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Botel, Morton; Granowsky, Alvin – Reading Teacher, 1974
Suggests several ways to stimulate students to comprehend literature with both feelings and facts. (TO)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary School Students
Beyond Literal Comprehension.
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Sundermeyer, Nancy – 1973
Children need to learn early that reading can give them new ideas and change old ideas. Pupils are all too often evaluated in terms of their ability to express what they know rather than what they think. Thoughtful reading can be done from the very beginning of reading instruction. Effective questioning practices will develop this ability. The…
Descriptors: Creative Reading, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Reading
The New Face of Comprehension Instruction: A Closer Look at Questions.
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Nessel, Denise – Reading Teacher, 1987
Describes a comprehension questioning strategy, based on R. Stauffer's Directed Reading-Thinking Activity, that enhances students' use of reasoning on the basis of prior knowledge. (FL)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Prior Learning
Slave, Puppet or Teacher?
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Stauffer, Russell G. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Suggests that directed reading-thinking activity, characterized by (1) inquiry, (2) selectively processing ideas, and (3) feedback, is more creative for both the teacher and pupils than the teacher-centered directed reading activity. References. (VJ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Feedback
Some Aspects of Reading Instruction for Business Subjects
Miller, Wilma H. – Minnesota Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Business Education, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
Teaching Critical Reading at the Primary Level. Reading Aids Series.
Stauffer, Russell G.; Cramer, Ronald – 1968
Emphasis is placed on the need for and techniques in the development of critical reading at the primary level. The following steps for teaching reading as thinking and as acquiring ideas are presented: (1) developing purposes for reading, (2) developing habits of reasoning, and (3) developing habits of testing predictions. Underlying principles…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Directed Reading Activity, Group Dynamics
Teaching Critical Reading at the Primary Level. Reading Aids Series.
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Stauffer, Russell G.; Cramer, Ronald – 1968
Emphasis is placed on the need for and techniques in the development of critical reading at the primary level. The following steps for teaching reading as thinking and as acquiring ideas are presented: (1) developing purposes for reading, (2) developing habits of reasoning, and (3) developing habits of testing predictions. Underlying principles…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Directed Reading Activity, Group Dynamics
A Study of the Relationship between the Theoretical and Empirical Research of the Directed Reading-Thinking Activity and the Specific Comprehension Strategy.
Lederer, Debra Yuhas – 1977
Theoreticians and empiricists have stressed the importance of organization in the learning process and, therefore, the importance of instructional strategies that help develop a child's ability to organize information. Theoreticians have also stressed the importance of the student's active participation in the learning process. The Directed…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Development, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Beyond the Literal Level.
Otey, Jerry A. – 1991
Drawing on methods currently employed at St. Philip's College (San Antonio, Texas), this paper describes six strategies for teaching critical reading skills to developmental students. For each of the methods presented, relevant resources are cited, a step-by-step instructional approach is provided, and the purpose and goals of the specific…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Critical Reading