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Peer reviewedFielding, Elizabeth Nolan – Reading, 1990
Discusses appropriate reading material selection in light of content area reading instruction. Presents some ideas for determining the difficulty level of textbooks and other materials. Concludes that teaching reading in the content areas is one way to focus on the process of reading as an instrument to develop cognitive skills and thought…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Middle Schools, Readability Formulas, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedVanderMeulen, Kenneth; Harris, Mary L. – Reading Horizons, 1974
Presents an annotated list of textbooks in a number of vocational content areas and includes the readability level of each text. (TO)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Readability, Reading Material Selection
Roe, Betty Daniel – J Reading Spec, 1970
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary School Curriculum, Literature Reviews, Publishing Industry
Templer, Lois – 1982
Cloze tests assess the readability of a book for students in a far more personal way than formulas or standardized tests of reading comprehension. The cloze procedure reflects the total language abilities in the following ways: familiarity with sentence structure, context clues, and vocabulary, and the ability to draw inferences from written…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Language Aptitude, Readability
Download full textEppele, Ruth – 1989
This annotated bibliography contains 37 references on reading material selection dating from 1986-1989. Included are guidelines for selection of appropriate materials for various age groups; examples of various reading programs; and conflicting opinions regarding censorship, bibliotherapy, and books for special needs populations. (MS)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading
Horn, Joan M. – 1978
Two readability formulas were applied to two math and two reading series textbooks at the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade levels to see whether the publishers' suggested reading levels were accurate. Five samples were taken from each text and compared to the publishers' suggested usage according to grade level. Results showed that although formulas…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Instruction
