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Hollander, Sheila K. – 1977
Reading the language of mathematics textbooks is very different from reading the narrative in traditional basal textbooks, and children should be taught how to read in a mathematics course; teachers should not assume a transfer of skills will occur. Specific skills, such as noting details, following directions, and seeing relationships, should be…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Lazdowski, Walter P. – 1976
In this experiment, New Mexico State University's College of Continuing Education sponsored a college-discovery program designed to tap a pool of prospective college students hitherto ignored: veterans, housewives, and those others who simply were afraid to try for a college education because of uncertainty concerning their capabilities.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Planning, College Preparation, College Programs
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Brown, Lester E.; Cook, Ellen – Educational Leadership, 1975
This research report examines the effect of sexual orientation in reading material upon reading test scores of boys and girls. (MK)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Elementary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Mackay, Ronald – RELC Journal, 1974
This article discusses features of spoken and written language which are seldom systematically taught, and outlines a methodology for the teaching of reading comprehension. (AM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Intellectual Development, Interpretive Reading
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Middleton, Ray – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Sabatino, David A.; Cramblett, Henry G. – J Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Diseases
Gunn, M. Angella – Engl J, 1969
Descriptors: Background, Developmental Reading, English Instruction, Literature Appreciation
Knapp, Edgar H. – High Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Emotional Experience, English Education, Imagination
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Cohn, Marvin L. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Learning Experience, Low Ability Students
Jenkinson, Marion D. – J Reading Behav, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Practices, Information Sources, Language Patterns
Nemeth, Joseph S. – J Reading Spec, 1969
Descriptors: Assignments, Cognitive Development, College Students, Content Analysis
Santeusanio, Richard P. – J Reading Spec, 1969
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Students, Information Sources, Reading Comprehension
Long, Sandra; And Others – 1981
The second document in a curriculum series describes objectives from three units of a program to meet the needs of academically gifted elementary students in the area of reading, with emphasis on comprehension skills including critical and creative reading. Units have the following objectives: to identify the causes presented in a given selection,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Critical Reading, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Duchastel, Philippe C. – 1979
Many consider the use of adjunct questions (mathemagenics) to be a means by which the instructional value of a text can be increased with relatively little difficulty, and this explains the appeal they have generated over the years. Yet this appeal is seldom tempered by a consideration of the ecological validity of the experimental studies on…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Educational Research, Learning Processes, Reading Comprehension
Crismore, Avon – 1982
One of the most important functions for metadiscourse (reading directives) is to serve as textual relevance cues. Readers must use metadiscourse to determine the specific task or communicative context for understanding the total meaning of a text. Some of the more common types of metadiscourse include (1) hedges--words used to convey a note of…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
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