High school teachers can contribute greatly to reading instruction by helping students apply to specific content those reading skills learned in earlier years, by strengthening students' basic skills, and by teaching the special reading skills peculiar to a subject area. Vocational education teachers confront many secondary students who show…

This guide is designed to help the driver education teacher understand the reading process. It gives suggestions for implementing reading instruction and for identifying the reading skills that a student will need in order to become proficient in the area of driver education. Recognition of words is the primary concern of the first part of the…

A METHOD OF TEACHING READING IN THE PRIMARY GRADES IS PRESENTED. SKILLS OF LISTENING, SPEAKING, WRITING, AND READING ARE INCLUDED. THE LANGUAGE AND THINKING OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD, BASED UPON HIS OWN EXPERIENCE, IS THE BASIS FOR ALL SKILL DEVELOPMENT. THE PATTERN OF INSTRUCTION COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE, ALTHOUGH STRICT ADHERENCE TO THIS…

THIS FREQUENCY LISTING OF CONTEMPORARY GERMAN VOCABULARY BASED ON A TABULATION OF A 584,000 WORD SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THREE WIDELY READ, GEOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTATIVE WEST GERMAN NEWSPAPERS WAS DESIGNED, PRIMARILY, TO BE USED AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL BY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, TEXT AND TEST WRITERS, CURRICULUM PLANNERS, AND RESEARCH SCHOLARS IN UPDATING…

THE FORMAT OF LEVEL III (FOR GRADE 11) DIFFERS FROM THAT OF LEVELS I AND II IN HAVING 20 UNITS AND IN THE INCREASED EMPHASIS ON READING AND WRITING SKILLS. THE AUTHORS' GOAL WAS TO ENCOURAGE SELF-STUDY BY THE STUDENT, ESPECIALLY IN LEARNING TO READ CHINESE CHARACTERS. THE GRAMMAR DISCUSSED IN THIS TEXT INCLUDES POINTS PRESENTED IN LEVELS I AND II…

THE TEACHER'S GUIDE PROVIDES SUGGESTIONS FOR INTRODUCING EACH OF THE 100 LESSONS IN OPERATION ALPHABET 1, A WORKBOOK TO HELP ADULTS LEARN TO READ AND WRITE. IT LISTS MATERIALS NEEDED, AND OUTLINES THE PRESENTATION AND WRITING PRACTICE. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION COVERS ABILITY GROUPING WITHIN A CLASS, READING RATES, AND GUIDEPOSTS TO GOOD TEACHING OF…

MANY PROGRAMS FOR THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED EMPHASIZE SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN READING INSTRUCTION. AMONG THESE TECHNIQUES ARE SMALLER CLASSES, AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, AND LIBRARY BOOKS. THE CONTENT OF PRIMERS IS EVEN FURTHER FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD THAN FOR THE AVERAGE CHILD. ALTHOUGH STUDIES INDICATE THE IMPORTANCE…

A MANUAL DESIGNED TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE READING SKILLS OF THEIR STUDENTS IS PRESENTED. IT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT READING CAN AND SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE INSTRUCTION IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS. THE STUDENT SHOULD LEARN TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FACTUAL READING, IMAGINATIVE READING, INTERPRETATIVE…

THE AUTHOR'S POSITION WAS THAT, BECAUSE PEOPLE OFTEN DIFFER IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEANING OF WORDS, LINGUISTS MUST WORK WITH PSYCHOLOGISTS, NEUROLOGISTS, AND OTHERS TO GUIDE LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HOW A LANGUAGE WORKS AND HOW BEST TO COMMUNICATE THIS KNOWLEDGE TO THEIR STUDENTS. WHILE DENOTATIVE MEANING REFERS PRIMARILY TO…

This research focused on the initial stage of language development of a hearing child who was acquiring simultaneously both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). The report covers the first phase of the longitudinal research on the child's linguistic development, focusing on early word meanings. The data were collected from the time…

This account of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides information on its background and origin, and traces the development of the system from initial planning in 1962 through mid-1979. Although this is essentially an overview of the growth of the system, some of the more complex aspects of the ERIC story are included in the…

This collection of background material, lesson plans, and activities concerns wampum belts and other uses of wampum among the Mohawk Indians. It is divided into four sections--the introductory narrative and three lesson plans. The lesson plans are on the uses of wampum, the making of wampum, and wampum belts. Each lesson plan provides the…

Designed to assist United States Navy recruits assigned to Academic Remedial Training, this workbook provides a supplementary collection of reading exercises relevant to the recruit training program. Topics covered in the workbook were selected for relevance to the recruit environment, and are intended to provide an introduction to the terms and…

University and college reading improvement teachers need a repertoire of techniques designed to guide carefully students' growth in developing independent comprehension strategies. Such strategies should avoid use of prepackaged commercial kits and collections of articles (content-simulated materials) and should stress the application by students…

The described teacher inservice education program is for upper elementary, middle and secondary school teachers who wish to improve the reading skills of their students. The scope and sequencing of topics are described and ordering information for materials is provided. A critique of the program is included. (JD)