Back to the Basics: Teaching Reading Skills to Social Science Students.

Beyer, Barry K.

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ERIC Number: EJ249027

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980

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Back to the Basics: Teaching Reading Skills to Social Science Students.

Beyer, Barry K.

Community College Social Science Journal, v3 n2 p14-19 Win 1980-81

Presents a rationale and suggests methods for teaching reading in college social science courses. Urges instructors to stress vocabulary and purpose when making reading assignments. Discusses ways of passage-marking; the skim, question, read, record, and review (SQ3R) method; and assignment mapping. (AYC)

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Postsecondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Social Sciences, Teacher Responsibility

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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