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Holliday, William G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1992
Provides practical, research-based suggestions for improving reading and writing skills of college science students. Describes characteristics of skilled science readers. Explains how to select reading materials that make sense and what teachers can do to improve reading assignments. Lists traits of skilled science readers and offers suggestions…
Descriptors: College Science, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
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Pechenik, Jan A.; Tashiro, Jay Shiro – American Biology Teacher, 1992
This paper suggests an inexpensive way for encouraging discussions of experimental design and data interpretation for all grade levels. The discussion begins with the presentation of a graph or table from the scientific literature. Questions are then asked in six steps to promote an understanding of the information contained. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphs
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Sexton, Kathryn – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Offers techniques to make book reports a more meaningful experience for students. Suggests guidelines for book selections and for what the students should look for in their reading. Lists alternatives to traditional book reports that allow an evaluative approach to reading and provide an opportunity for creativity and critical thought. (DK)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, History Instruction
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Larrick, Nancy – New Advocate, 1991
Discusses problems associated with literature-based reading programs which use children's literature in the same way basal readers are used. Encourages teachers to allow students the freedom of exploring and learning from the book without creating drill and vocabulary lessons from it. (MG)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Reading Assignments
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Banyard, Victoria L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2000
Describes instructional use of brief first-person accounts of mental disorders. Explores the benefits of using first-person, autobiographical accounts as required reading in a course on abnormal psychology. Finds that first-person accounts were more helpful in increasing student appreciation of the experience of having a disorder and empathy for…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Course Content, Educational Strategies, Empathy
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Cammack, Dana – E-Learning, 2005
This article challenges some accepted binaries in literacy and technology research in order to explore the complex, multifaceted nature of literacy practices using a hypertextual multimedia study environment (MSE). Binary distinctions like literacy/illiteracy or online/offline are "wrinkled" or complicated by introducing findings from an…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Ethnography, Literacy, Speech Communication
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Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Journal of Peace Education, 2005
Today's classrooms hold many students who often possess dysfunctional approaches to conflict as entertainment. Abrasive talk shows, confrontational radio, even political debates, and the frenzy surrounding them may be considered evidence of this dysfunctional approach. Because we live in a post-9/11 reality and a time of war, the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Poetry, Classroom Environment
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Briley, Ron – History Teacher, 2006
This document is a study guide for Stephen B. Oates biography of Nat Turner, "The Fires of Jubilee." The book is a practical reading vehicle for introducing Nat Turner to secondary students in grades 11 and 12. Oates divides his work into four parts, which could provide the basis for four reading assignments, although the sections are…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Reading Assignments, Biographies, Study Guides
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Brost, Brian D.; Bradley, Karen A. – Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2006
Educators value reading as an academic practice and express frustration with student noncompliance with assigned reading. Some research has addressed this issue and recommends multiple strategies for overcoming the problem of student noncompliance. Much of this research, however, treats the problem as exclusively student-centered. This paper…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Reading Assignments, Faculty, Case Studies
Gilton, Donna L. – 1993
This document presents the syllabus for Library Instruction at the University of Rhode Island. The course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of bibliographic instruction and concentrates in the following areas: the history, philosophy, and structure of library education; cognitive aspects of library instruction; forms of library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Bibliographies, Class Activities
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Cornett, Charles F. – Science Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Directed Reading Activity, Elective Reading, Reading
Jepson, Cheri A. – 1979
This course guide describes an elective speciality course on critical/intensive care nursing. A rationale for the course is followed by general information, including a description of the theoretical and clinical course components, an enumeration of major goals and objectives, a detailed outline of the units of instruction, a calendar of…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Graves, Michael F.; And Others – 1976
This booklet begins with a rationale for a strategy for structuring reading activities in the English classroom in order to facilitate growth in reading ability and to accommodate students with varying initial levels of achievement. Specific suggestions are provided for prereading activities, the reading itself, and postreading activities. A…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, English Curriculum, Learning Activities
Spencer, David B. – Freshman English News, 1978
Reemphasizes the connection between reading and writing and the benefits of reading activities as assignments in the composition class. Suggests situations where readings in the composition class can facilitate reader-writer interaction. (RL)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Tixier y Vigil, Yvonne; Dick, James – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1987
Reports the results of a study which surveyed 237 junior and senior high school teachers' endorsement and use of selected content area reading strategies. Results showed a substantial gap between the teachers' generally positive attitude toward the reading practices and their level of use of the practices in the classroom. (JDH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English, High Schools, Junior High Schools
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