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Owoc, Paul J., Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
The three articles in this newsletter focus on ideas, programs, activities, and research concerned with reading in the content areas. The individual articles contain a discussion of the general approaches that characterize many successful content area reading programs, suggestions for educators who are considering establishing such programs in…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
Peer reviewedGee, Thomas C.; Forester, Nora – Journal of Reading, 1988
Reports on a teacher survey designed to (1) determine the extent to which reading instruction is being offered beyond the reading classroom and (2) explain why some programs fail and some succeed. Suggests four steps to follow to develop a successful program. (NH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Laine, Chester H. – 1981
As part of the work from the Content Area Reading Project (CARP), which focuses on inservice teacher education in content area reading, this paper examines eight premises for the training of administrators in the clinical supervision of content area teachers. These premises are as follows: (1) problems in content classrooms can be resolved if…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedGee, Thomas C.; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Discusses survey results indicating that 63 percent of United States schools have not considered developing content reading programs even though teachers believe it would improve teaching and learning in their schools. Presents a number of factors that have been suggested as reasons why schools have not established content reading programs. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textERIC 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 13 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the development, implementation, and evaluation of a reading improvement program for business and industry; (2) how instruction in a college rapid reading course meets individual…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Ferris, Frank – 1983
The Content Area Learning/Reading Project at the Cosgrove Junior High School in Spencerport, New York, was initiated in the fall of 1979. The goals of the project were to foster effective instruction in all classrooms and to promote instruction based on sound principles and practices as indicated by research and by review of successful content…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Methods
Mickelson, Norma; Davies, Anne – 1987
Focusing on a whole language program for the middle grades in Canada's Northwest Territories, this interview transcript consists of responses by Anne Davies, a teacher from Yellow Knife, in the Northwest Territories, and currently a doctoral student, to questions posed by Norma Mickelson, a professor at the University of Victoria in British…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries
Alvermann, Donna E., Ed.; And Others – 1987
Focusing on how secondary school reading programs can be organized and on how their effectiveness can be measured, this book synthesizes reading research in several significant areas and makes concrete suggestions for using this research to improve reading instruction. Each chapter, opens with a question posed by a teacher, discusses research with…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Theories
Alvermann, Donna, Ed.; And Others – 1986
Intended for secondary school teachers in all subject areas, this book synthesizes and translates reading-related research on a variety of specific topics. Each chapter in the book opens with a question or questions posed by teachers, then proceeds to a discussion of the research and practice pertaining to the issues raised. Each chapter ends with…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Theories
