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Peer reviewedEeds, Maryann – Reading Teacher, 1981
Presents eight ideas for classroom activities for improving reading comprehension, all of which are based on recent research findings. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Burgett, Russell E. – 1976
This paper discusses the implications of research regarding the general components of reading and their effects on content reading in grades 7 through 12. Sections deal with such comprehension components as vocabulary, sentence and paragraph structure, reading rate, and purpose setting, as well as comprehension needs in the content areas.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedZabrucky, Karen; Ratner, Hilary Horn – Reading Improvement, 1990
Reviews research on children's comprehension monitoring skills. Discusses implications of research findings for the classroom. Describes procedures for assessing children's comprehension monitoring. Outlines how monitoring strategies can best be taught. Discusses children's readiness for monitoring instruction. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Ellen – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1990
Presents current research about how children learn to read and addresses the implications of this body of research for instruction. Aids educators in reflecting upon their present instructional practices to ascertain whether they coincide with findings from existing research. (MG)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Practices, Emergent Literacy, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedDevine, James T., Ed.; And Others – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1986
To add a foundation to the growing excitement among educators about the central role they play in helping learners become strategic readers, the articles in this thematic journal provide insight into current reading theory and practice. Richard Telfer's article reviews research on strategic reading and clarifies what is meant by the phrase…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Download full textTierney, Robert J.; Pearson, P. David – 1986
Research discoveries over the past 15 years concerning reading comprehension have had a significant impact on reading instruction, particularly schema theory. This theory, based on prior learning, which states that the reader uses the text to construct a meaning within his or her own mind, affects what teachers can do to help students improve…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Opinions, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship
Tice, Joan, Ed. – 1982
Contained in this yearbook are the proceedings of the fifth annual Arizona State University Reading Conference. This edition reflects an emphasis on a wide range of topics, including study skills, oral language, and teaching strategies. Following a foreword, the conference articles discuss the following: (1) study skills across the curriculum, (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Literature, Beginning Reading, Bilingualism
Bell, Martha J., Ed.; And Others – 1983
The articles in this collection address basic questions about college reading theory, curriculum, and assessment. Major article titles and authors are as follows: (1) "Reading Achievement," by Anthony R. Petrosky; (2) "Excerpt from 'A Proposal for Reading Stages'," by Jeanne S. Chall; (3) "Finding a Sense of Wonder in Language and Literacy," by…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Course Content, Critical Thinking
