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Direct linkLewis, Jill, Ed.; Moorman, Gary, Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2007
This comprehensive resource explores how adolescence and academic achievement are defined within today's political context, examines the in-school potential of teens' out-of-school immersion in digital technologies and popular culture, and shows teachers how to embed comprehension strategies into classroom instruction. The book contains innovative…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Teachers, Educational Strategies
Page, Glenda, Ed.; And Others – 1978
The first of a two-volume set, this monograph concentrates on a rapidly developing area of reading research, comprehension. Eleven articles cover theoretical aspects, ways of measuring comprehension, and strategies for teaching. Sense of story and its effect on comprehension and the facility to read, listen to, retell, and create stories are…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Macinnis, Peter – 1979
As an estimate of probability of readability is discussed within the problem of ensuring that science tests meet the purposes of measuring skills, knowledge and ability of students. The necessity of technical terms is cited while arguing that testing for language should not interfere with tests for knowledge and skills. A review of formulas for…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas
Blackburn, Mary; And Others – 1980
A set of science exercises annotated for teachers and designed for diagnostic and formative testing are presented with a description of the comprehension testing program. The exercises are meant to develop skills in processing scientific information through critical reading and communication skills. The annotations suggest how teachers may use a…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Science Tests
Blackburn, Mary; And Others – 1980
Print masters for the reproduction of 63 exercises in diagnostic and formative testing of science comprehension skills are provided. Passages from science periodicals and general texts are presented with items to test vocabulary, content and conceptual comprehension. Research questions are included in the program for use in grades 7 through 10.…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Science Tests
Blackburn, Mary; And Others – 1981
A set of 87 science exercises annotated for teachers and designed for diagnostic and formative testing are presented with a description of the purposes of the comprehension testing program. The exercises are meant to develop skills in processing scientific information through critical reading skills development. The annotations suggest how…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Science Tests
Download full textYoung, Lyn – 1993
Noting that a small portion of older emergent readers are usually found in all primary classes, this pamphlet discusses how teachers can help students with reading difficulties see how to fit together the snippets of literacy-related information they may have already acquired. After a brief introduction, the pamphlet suggests that children learn…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Primary Education
