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Peer reviewedPfister, Guenter G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1974
Descriptors: Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Instruction, Reinforcement
COOPER, DAVID – 1962
LEARNING THE BASIC SKILLS OF READING AND WRITING IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. ALL STUDENTS SHOULD COMPREHEND, AND REACT CRITICALLY TO, THE IDEAS AND PROBLEMS ABOUT WHICH THEY READ. STUDENTS WHO WERE CONSIDERED MATURE READERS COULD DISTINGUISH FACT FROM OPINION, DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CONNOTATIVE AND DENOTATIVE LANGUAGE, AND DRAW…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Critical Reading, Curriculum Guides, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMattleman, Marciene – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Comprehension, Context Clues, Intellectual Development, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedGillet, Jean Wallace; Kita, M. Jane – Reading Teacher, 1979
Suggests categorization of words as an alternative to traditional word study. (MKM)
Descriptors: Classification, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Primary Education
Cottrill, Tom; Alciatore, Robert T. – Western Speech, 1974
Compared were a programmed approach to a conventional approach. (CH)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, College Freshmen, Comprehension, Higher Education
Download full textDwyer, Edward J. – 1978
A study of the effects of using the MRM (message unit--verb unit--message unit) instructional system on reading comprehension was studied using 69 college freshmen, 37 in an experimental group and 32 in a control group. Both groups were engaged in a variety of activities designed to promote greater reading efficiency as a regular part of their…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSinger, Harry – Reading Teacher, 1978
Teaching active comprehension helps students learn to ask their own questions and guide their own thinking. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Allington, Richard – 1974
Competent middle school teachers must both extend students' abilities in the decoding and comprehending skills and stimulate their applications of these reading skills in content area texts. In considering this differentiation of instruction, teachers should be aware of an aptitude by treatment interaction (ATI)--no one technique will produce the…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Individualized Instruction, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedTaylor, Marilyn J. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Describes a self-instructional photo-study learning center on comprehension skills for remedial readers. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Learning Activities
Potts, Andrew J. – Business Education World, 1974
A fundamental method of explaining the basic accounting principles and concepts (debit, credit, basic accounting equation) which includes visual aids, reference to local businesses, and drill, does much toward increasing the student's skill and enhancing his understanding of the subject matter. (Sample transparencies are included.) (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Comprehension, Intellectual Development
Kohl, Herb – Teacher, 1978
Skills development in reading should be balanced with reading, listening, and talking activities which focus on content and themes, so that reading comprehension is also developed. (SJL)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Learning Activities
SMITH, EDWIN H.; AND OTHERS – 1965
COMPETENT LITERACY EDUCATION INVOLVES THE CONTINUOUS DIAGNOSIS AND CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCIES. THROUGH FORMAL AND INFORMAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND OBSERVATION, TEACHERS LOCATE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND DEFECTS AND THEN APPLY SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND CORRECT OR WORK AROUND THOSE DEFECTS. TO HELP TEACHERS LOCATE TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedSullivan, Joanna – Journal of Reading, 1978
Suggests that teachers develop techniques to teach students strategies used by good comprehenders: paraphrasing passages, sifting out meaningful word clusters, searching for supportive examples, and making deductions. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, High Achievement, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedStephan, Jutta – Zielsprache Franzosisch, 1973
Descriptors: Comprehension, Course Content, French, Grammar
Peer reviewedWinitz, Harris; Reeds, James A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1973
Research supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (DD)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comprehension, German, Intellectual Development
