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Tsiouris, Evanthia – 1990
A study of Greek speakers' ability to understand and produce two varieities of codes--Katharevousa (K) and Demotic (D)--is reported. The investigation was undertaken to provide evidence supporting or refuting the Greek government's decision to legislate Demotic as the official language of the country. A sample of 545 informants were tested with a…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diglossia, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
Hall, Ann W. – 1986
A practicum project emphasizing critical thinking skills was undertaken in an eighth grade history class to make students aware of the nature and seriousness of plagiarism. The 10-week unit was preceded by a reading comprehension test and an essay assignment on a major Civil War battle. Plagiarized portions of the essays were highlighted and the…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Cognitive Structures, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Norris, Paula Jean – 1990
A supplemental reading intervention program was designed and implemented to increase the reading comprehension for at-risk students. Subjects, 11 fourth graders in two different classes, were chosen on the basis of below grade reading level as evidenced by both classroom performance and national achievement tests' score. The 10-week reading…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Childrens Literature, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Freseman, Richard D. – 1990
This document reports on a practicum experience on the improvement of thinking skills of middle school students. There has been much discussion in educational circles that mastery of higher- order thinking skills should be given greater attention in the public schools. A program of teaching thinking skills directly to grade seven geography classes…
Descriptors: Classification, Comprehension, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
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A study investigated the validity of an English listening skills test by comparing the results of native American and British English speakers with those of Dutch students of English as a second language. A hypothesis suggested that two-thirds of the items would test listening skills and the remaining third would test other knowledge. Test results…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Background
Kreeft, Henk; Sanders, Piet – 1983
In the Dutch national examinations, reading comprehension tests are used for all languages. For the native language, reading comprehension is tested with reading passages and related questions to which the test-taker provides his own response, not choosing from a group of alternatives. One problem encountered in testing with these items is…
Descriptors: Dutch, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Foreign Countries
Yore, Larry D. – 1987
Many educators have long assumed that reading ability is directly related to science achievement, that reading plays a major role in science instruction, and that direct instruction on science reading skills would improve science achievement. The pilot study reported here investigated whether an instructional strategy could be designed to overcome…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Reading Ability
Huffman, Donald T. – 1986
A teacher describes the use of closed-caption decoding of television melodramas to teach English as a second language (ESL). The approach uses evening soap operas that afford a range of English usage and accents, realistic dialogue, entertainment, and coverage of current social issues and are closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired. The programs…
Descriptors: Body Language, Captions, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Mommers, Martin J. C.; Boland, Theo – 1987
This investigation--the first Dutch longitudinal research project on reading and spelling spanning the whole 6-year period of primary education--examined (1) whether it is possible to identify certain aspects of literacy--namely decoding skills, reading comprehension, and spelling skills--within verbal intelligence as latent variables, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Prince George's County Public Schools, Upper Marlboro, MD. – 1983
Presented in this curriculum guide are materials for eighth grade United States history instruction suitable for students of English as a second language. The guide contains three sections on early American history covering the period of discovery and exploration, the colonies in North America, and the American Revolution. Each section contains…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language), Grade 8
Huhn, Ralph H., Jr.; Arrington-Huhn, Martha – 1986
Intended for use mainly by secondary school teachers of students with low reading achievement, the Reading to Learn (RTL) model provides the teacher with a way to assess, prescribe, adjust for individual differences, and develop reading skills while teaching content. An informal screening test (IST), the first step, determines which students are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Low Achievement
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Intended for both teachers and students, this bulletin presents specific information about the design, parts, and scoring of the Grade 9 English Language Arts Achievement Test for the 1985-86 school year in Alberta, Canada. General information is presented regarding the (1) purpose and nature of the Achievement Testing Program (ATP), (2) students…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Greif, Ivo P. – 1981
Doubts about the reading vocabulary adequacies of today's high school graduates led to an experiment with a list of 199 difficult words culled from the "Reader's Digest." College juniors and seniors (298 in the first stage and 388 in the second stage) were asked to indicate whether they knew the pronunciation and the meaning of the…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, College Students, Context Clues, Definitions
Kim, Byong Won, Ed. – 1985
Cosponsored by Hanyang University as a demonstration of its founding philosophy, "love in deed and truth," this conference focused on literacy and languages from cross-cultural and instructional perspectives. The papers selected for this yearbook and their authors are as follows: (1) "Designing Tasks for Slow Learners in L2"…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Engelmann, Siegfried; Steely, Donald – 1980
The results of a three-part study, conducted to present an indepth look at reading comprehension instruction in the middle grades, are described in this report. Four major areas are covered: teacher's verbal reports, program specifications, teaching behavior, and student mastery. The report first describes the research design, or how a profile of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basal Reading, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
