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Gordon, William M. – 1982
Intended for reading instructors of kindergarten through grade 8 students, this book offers a comprehensive view of the skills needed for a student to become an effective, lifetime reader. Instead of presenting a method for teaching reading, it presents the skills common to most reading programs. Chapters in the first section discuss the history…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Wichita Public Schools, KS. Curriculum Services Div. – 1981
Designed for teachers, administrators, and supervisory personnel for use in planning, developing, and evaluating reading programs, this curriculum guide has been prepared to describe significant features of the classroom reading program for teaching reading from kindergarten through eighth grade. Following a general introduction are 9 sections…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Course Content, Curriculum
Harker, W. John, Ed. – 1985
Intended for secondary school content area teachers, this book provides a sequence of steps through which classroom content area reading programs can be developed. The chapters discuss the following: (l) four methods of diagnosis for content area reading; (2) a procedure for assessing the richness of retellings; (3) approaches to content area…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Program Development, Readability
Purnell, Betty; Hays, Susan – 1978
As this report explains, the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) has developed a reading program that teaches 16 skills involved in reading, spelling, listening, thinking, and writing. Daily records are kept of each child's progress. This report shows how the ECRI program can be adapted for use with a basal text. It provides detailed,…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Charts, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Whittaker, Jeweleane W. – 1981
Three techniques for teaching effective reading--using students' textbooks, reading modules, and individual instructional packets--have proven successful in reducing reading time while improving comprehension skills for students in a reading and study skills course at a Texas university. Students assigned to the course use their content area…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textVirginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Elementary Education. – 1975
This demonstration project provides intensive instruction in reading and mathematics to selected fifth graders in the 1974-75 year and for selected fifth and sixth graders in 1975-76, in order to raise the reading and mathematics performance of underachievers to a level commensurate with measured ability. Aimed at the intermediate teacher in…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Grade 6
Enright, Gwyn, Ed. – 1978
The articles in this collection focus on learning assistance and other components of college reading instruction. The topics of the 35 articles include the following: (1) charting a realistic course for learning assistance, (2) modern measurement technology, (3) a national survey of learning assistance evaluation, (4) students' cognitive…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
