Ten reading skills were selected to represent literal, interpretive, and critical reading. An objective test was constructed for each of eight skills, and published tests were used for the remaining two. Complete data were available on 220 upper intermediate children. Using a series of multiple regression analyses it was concluded that a…

A bibliography, with descriptive abstracts, of articles dealing with research on reading in the content fields is presented. The listing is divided into two parts: a bibliography from research literature which focuses on general content reading skills and an "Other Subjects" bibliography selected from literature dealing with areas other than the…

A study was made of the importance to reading comprehension of using the author's top-level organization or textual schema. The subjects, 102 ninth graders with high, average, and low reading comprehension scores, read expository passages, some of which included signals explicitly stating the top-level organizational structure and some of which…

The purposes of this study were to determine to what extent selected critical reading skills are presented in current basal readers; to determine commonalities in their presentation; to ascertain if critical skills are stated as specific objectives; and to determine if practice and evaluation materials are provided for each selected skill by the…

These resource papers encourage the student to discover for himself the contributions to a problem made through original literature. Since some of the papers are controversial or contradict others, the student will need to evaluate these papers to determine his correct approach or position. It is hoped that these papers will also foster an…

This resource guide is designed to stimulate upper grade students' interest in newspaper writing, editing, and production and to teach young people to read critically, to analyze the message, and to separate fact from fiction. The guide contains an overview of a newspaper, a brief history of journalism, a description of the physical plant of a…

In the introduction to this volume of a two volume document (See also TE 002 131.) written for curriculum developers, Donald Bateman identifies the recent periods in the development of linguistic thought and methodology, and presents language curriculum development as the continuing exploration of the processes of evolving linguistic structures.…

The new look in education has changed from the old quantity concept of textbook orientation to a quality concept of individual education. Applied to secondary school reading programs, this new look has nine facets. (1) Growth in reading must be a lifelong process facilitated by carefully planned teaching at all grade levels. (2) Reading is now,…

This 10th-grade teaching unit on Robert Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" consists primarily of sample teacher questions and student responses designed to lead the student to a discovery of values and an awareness of the character development of Lincoln. Included are a scene-by-scene analysis of Lincoln's character, six quotations…

Described in this paper is a technique for reading instruction at the secondary level which emphasizes paragraph-passage examination and is intended to fit into any content teacher's daily work. The technique described provides occasion to establish purpose in reading-study assignments, utilize experience and previous background to develop…

This paper presents procedures and techniques for teaching comprehension skills to middle school students. Comprehension is described in terms of four skill areas: word meaning, structure, literal and inferential thinking, and critical reading. To help students think as they read, a strategy is proposed which involves a logical sequencing of all…

This summer issue of the "Kansas Reading Quarterly" is devoted to secondary reading. Although the articles were written with the junior and senior high teachers in mind, many of the ideas can be and have been adapted for use in the elementary grades. The articles include "Black and White and Read All Over," which discusses ways to create interest…

Two approaches for increasing the ability of 201 fourth graders to determine the main idea and to draw inferences in reading were compared. Three basal programs were used for all instruction with the control group and for all instruction except that for determining main idea and drawing inferences for the experimental group. Inservice programs…

In his recent book, "With Respect to Readers: Dimensions of Literary Response," (See ED 048 291) Slatoff stresses the view that a variety of responses to any given work of literature will inevitably occur among various readers and that the subject of study in a course on literature should not be simply the pieces of writing, but the…

The goal of this project was to develop a sequential program for the development of critical thinking skills that could be extended to all the elementary schools in the school district. The major objectives were: (1) to enhance teachers' ability to think critically, practice in their classrooms teaching strategies to develop pupils' thinking, and…