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Download full textFlippo, Rona F., Ed.; Caverly, David C., Ed. – 1991
This book provides a review of the theoretical, empirical, and instructional issues in the field of college reading and study strategies through a careful and systematic examination of the relevant literature. The articles and their authors are, as follows: (1) "Vocabulary Acquisition and the College Student" (Michele L. Simpson and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Kerber, James E. – 1975
This book is intended to help teachers of reading examine the actions that they need to perform during each day's reading lesson. These actions, referred to as teaching tasks, are a series of specific subskills that every teacher should possess and use to better enable children to learn how to read. The reading tasks include: "Building Your Own…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading, Reading Development, Reading Improvement
Lunsford, Andrea A., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book contains 29 essays which grew out of presentations delivered at a conference on the right to literacy whose participants were invited to consider differing definitions and historical understandings of literacy and the political, pedagogical, and theoretical implications of the many approaches to literacy education that have been taken…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Smith, R. Kent; Johnson, Beth; Mohr, Carole – 1998
This instructor's edition of a vocabulary textbook for college students, who read at the fifth to eighth grade level, features 25 chapters and teaches 250 basic words. The first and third chapters in each unit contain word-part practices. The second and fourth chapters in each unit contain synonym-antonym practices. The book's last chapter in each…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; Padak, Nancy D., Ed. – 1993
This 1993 yearbook presents 20 papers and summaries of the dissertation award winner "Content Literacy in High School Social Studies: A Focus on One Teacher's Beliefs and Decisions about Classroom Discussions" (E. G. Sturtevant) and the thesis award winner "Effects of Direct Instruction of Story Grammar on Story Writing and Reading…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Content Area Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education
Weintraub, Sam; And Others – 1984
More than 1,000 studies of reading research published between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983 are summarized in this report. The studies are arranged into six categories: (1) Summaries of Reading Research, (2) Teacher Preparation and Practice, (3) The Sociolgy of Reading, (4) Physiology and Psychology of Reading, (5) The Teaching of Reading, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Kahn, Norma B. – 1979
A revision of "Effective and Efficient Study," a guide to effective study for university students, is presented. Topics include: self-evaluation using a checklist of factors involved in college reading and study problems; self-evaluation regarding test anxiety; organizing work and budgeting time; remembering effectively; improving…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Students, Higher Education, Listening Skills
Cochran, Judith A. – 1993
Reflecting concern for the myriad problems resulting from the presence of poor readers in secondary schools today, this book shows content area teachers why they must and how they can improve students' reading deficiencies. The book provides an explanation of reading skills and learning difficulties in a quick and easy format; activities to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Herber, Harold L.; Herber, Joan Nelson – 1993
Intended for present and future classroom subject-area teachers from intermediate grades through college, this book presents ways to teach the content of various subjects while simultaneously teaching the relevant reading, writing, and reasoning skills. The book shows not only how reading, writing, and reasoning relate to one another but also how…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Higher Education
Markstein, Linda; Hirasawa, Louise – 1977
This text is designed for adults who are interested in strengthening their reading skills for academic, personal or career purposes. It has been tested with both native and non-native speakers of English. Particular attention is given to guided reading practice and to the development of reading speed. The readings, representative of current…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Content Area Reading, English (Second Language)
Reinking, David, Ed. – 1987
Embodying two themes--that the computer can become an even more exciting instructional tool than it is today, and that the research necessary for developing the potential of this tool is already underway, this book explores the theoretical, research, and instructional issues concerning computers and reading. The titles of the essays and their…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
