Examines the accuracy of students' perceptions of whether enough has been learned from a text to pass a test in the experiments. Reveals consistent, although nonsignificant, increases in accuracy of perceived readiness for examination performance (PREP) from before reading to after reading. Indicates that only the before-reading to after-testing…

Asserts that teachers should help students move beyond an information-exchange view of reading to a more complex rhetorical model of constructing meaning. Reports on a study which investigated meaning constructions and compares the more traditional function/feature strategies of constructing meaning with rhetorical strategies, which construct…

Reviews a Document Reading Activity Packet (DRAP) revolving around the "Fort Washington Incident" of the War of 1812 and the resulting court martial of Captain Samuel T. Dyson. Explains this exercise is designed to stimulate students' interest in their own state histories as well as stimulate their curiosity for further research. (BSR)

Describes the results of a study that asked two classes of 14 and 15 year olds to think aloud in the presence of an interviewer through their several readings of a poem. (DF)

Describes development of a senior undergraduate level medical research class. The purpose of the class is to help health professionals critically analyze medical research and thus decide whether or not to use the results to change their professional practices. (CH)

Offers a step-by-step procedure for teaching intermediate grade poor readers three important text-based strategies that boost their comprehension of expository prose by stimulating their thinking. (FL)

Discusses ways to teach critical reading skills and writing production to adult learners of Spanish who already have a basic command of the essential grammatical structures, some aural comprehension and reading ability, and adequate capacity to communicate orally. Describes and provides examples of several sample exercises. (SED)

Discusses the problem of how best to teach creative writing, including the theory that creative writing teachers should teach critical, analytical reading of already published works. (DF)

Describes a study which examined changes in students' revising strategies after they used a set of self-posed questions to guide their evaluation of texts. Hypothesizes that students who refer to question-prompts would revise more than students who used only a word processing program. Analyzes the number, types, and meaningfulness of revisions.…

A major goal of the social studies teacher should be to nurture independent reading-thinking habits, including inquisitiveness, critical thinking, and evaluation of ideas presented in information. How this can be done through skillful question planning is discussed. (RM)

Describes activities designed to improve the critical reading skills of young readers. (FL)

Describes how a content area reading program was introduced to two country high schools and the steps taken to encourage its dissemination into neighboring schools. (RBW)

Reports on a survey designed to find out why young people feel an antipathy to poetry. Finds that many students who dislike classroom poetry discussions write good poetry themselves and concludes that this discrepancy results from teachers attempting to explain too much and taking the joy of discovery in the reading of poetry away from the…

Examines what teachers do when they read texts in particular genres, and suggests how to encourage similar behavior in students. (CRH)

Examines materials in the ERIC system offering teaching ideas and activities designed to promote critical and creative thinking and reading. Discusses the role of teacher questioning techniques and writing to structure thoughts. (HTH)