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Direct linkPennell, Colleen – Reading Teacher, 2015
Teaching children to inquire, discuss ideas, and defend thinking about a literary text is a key aim of the common core state standards (CCSS). This article describes how four third-grade, male struggling readers successfully co-constructed meaning during a discussion based reading intervention rooted in philosophical inquiry. Three elements that…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Reading, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedLowe, A. J. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Explains how education majors try to learn to recognize thought unit sentences (ThUS's) and to gauge their difficulty. Shows examples of simple writing and discusses the task of writing ThUS's to match style and level of author. Gives a rationale for doing a readability analysis in this way. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Tuchowski, Barbara, Comp.; Lopardo, Genevieve, Ed. – 1982
In order to substantiate the need for college level developmental reading programs, this paper reviews research conducted in the area from 1971 to 1981. The paper provides bibliographic information for 96 entries drawn from a search of ERIC, Dissertation Abstracts International, the William S. Gray Research Collection in Reading, and journals in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Program Content
Download full textDiem, Richard A. – 1980
This paper describes a three-year staff development program in reading and social studies in San Antonio, Texas. The data from a reading test administered to a sample of high school students indicated inferior reading skill development and supported the teachers' contentions that their students could not master social studies material because they…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Research, Inservice Education
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Staiger, Ralph C., Ed. – 1962
Focusing on problems, programs, and projects in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the eleventh annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1961. The 29 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains studies and theoretical papers that deal with reading speed and comprehension.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
