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Allen, Sheilah – Highway One, 1986
Suggests ways of diagnosing problems in students' study habits and offers strategies for improving study skills and test taking strategies. (SRT)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Diagnostic Tests, Independent Study
Peer reviewedLewis, Jill Sweiger – Journal of Reading, 1979
Describes a prereading learning activity designed to make comprehension easier in content area reading for students with limited background. (MKM)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Discovery Learning
Reynolds, Catharine J.; Salend, Spencer J. – Academic Therapy, 1990
The article describes teacher-directed and student-mediated comprehension strategies to improve the text comprehension skills of mainstreamed students with mild disabilities. Techniques include advance organizers, study guides, color coding, oral reading, critical thinking maps, and self-questioning techniques. Guidelines are offered for assessing…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedLovitt, Thomas C.; Horton, Steven V. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1994
This paper offers a rationale for modifying textbooks for secondary students with learning disabilities who are taught in general education classes. Recent research on the uses of study guides, graphic organizers, vocabulary drills, and computer-assisted instruction is reviewed, and guidelines for selecting appropriate uses of these strategies are…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedLovitt, Thomas C.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
Through inservice instruction, three research-based teaching and learning strategies (keywords, study guides, and graphic organizers) were presented to teachers of students with disabilities. When the teachers implemented the strategies in their classrooms using precision teaching techniques, student achievement increased. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advance Organizers, Disabilities, Graphic Organizers
Peer reviewedBoyle, Joseph R.; Yeager, Noranne – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Discusses using cognitive frameworks to help students who have mild disabilities or are at risk transfer and retain information. Explains development of study guides, story/critical thinking maps, and cognitive organizers and addresses teaching students how to use cognitive frameworks. Provides illustrations of study guides and cognitive maps. (CR)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Comprehension
Peer reviewedHudson, Pamela; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article reviews the literature on the use of content enhancement techniques to help secondary students with learning disabilities to identify, organize, comprehend, and memorize critical content information. Content enhancements described include visual displays, mnemonics, advance organizers, study guides, peer mediation, audiotapes, and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textLouisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1987
This study skills curriculum addresses the problem of a lack of study skills demonstrated by students in grades 7-10. It focuses on 11 essential knowledge acquisition skills: (1) motivation and ice-breakers; (2) outlining and mapping; (3) time management; (4) PQ5R (Preview, Question, Read, Record, Recite, Review, and Reflect); (5) notetaking; (6)…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Course Content, Course Objectives, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedGreen, Andrew; Rose, William – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1996
Outlines a series of strategies and approaches to increase undergraduate student participation. Strongly recommends the use of study questions (disseminated prior to the readings) and a classroom management style emphasizing participation and involvement rather than an immediate mastery of the material. Discusses the benefits and limitations of…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education
