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Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Journal of Reading, 1983
Describes activities and courses designed to help gifted secondary school students develop their skills in critical analysis and verbal expression. (FL)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMarturano, Arlene – Reading Teacher, 1985
Describes an Environmental Reading Program, in which students come to realize that they are readers of their surroundings. Shows how the program can stimulate thought processes and promote comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Download full textBerger, Allen; Kleiman, Irene Lang – 1987
A survey was conducted in March 1987, which evaluated the effectiveness of workshops on the use of newspapers in education. Questionnaire responses from 78 teacher/participants of 35 workshops in 13 states were used to determine (1) factors contributing to successful workshops, (2) implications for classrooms, and (3) suggestions for future…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Material Evaluation, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMathews, Barbara A.; Seibert, Jane B. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Describes a summer remedial reading program for first-grade students. Includes discussions of the activities and strategies used to promote comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary development. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Learning Activities, Primary Education
Vida, Louisa Kramer – 1980
Using Jean Piaget's theory of thinking as a structuring mechanism, this paper presents a theoretical framework for the development of remedial, corrective, and developmental reading programs geared toward teaching reading comprehension. The four stages of intellectual development that Piaget has proposed (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Corrective Reading
Drabek, Jane – 1980
Intended for use by adult basic education (ABE) instructors who are organizing or reorganizing their reading programs for individualized instruction, this guide outlines the ABE Reading Sequential Competency System (SCS). The main benefits of this particular system for reading are that it delineates a sequence of reading skills, allows the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Behavioral Objectives
Royce and Royce, Lancaster, PA. – 1990
This guide contains an annotated bibliography of 107 resources for: (1) Basic 0-4; (2) Adult Basic Education; (3) English as a Second Language; (4) pre-General Educational Development Test; (5) General Educational Development Test; and (6) workplace programs published since 1986. It also contains a listing of job-specific workplace curriculum and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Citations (References)
Enright, Gwyn, Ed. – 1977
Drawn from papers accepted for presentation at a conference focusing on personalizing college-level learning skills programs, the 35 articles in this collection are arranged into five categories: investigations, program descriptions, program prescriptions, applications, and reactions and interactions. Specific topics discussed in the articles…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
Sugimoto, Roy, Ed. – 1976
Drawn from the proceedings of a conference focusing on ways to improve the teaching of college level learning skills, the articles in this collection deal with a variety of topics. Among the topics discussed in the 37 articles are the following: (1) a systems approach to planning, implementing, and evaluating peer counseling programs; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs
