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Download full textThelen, Judith – 1976
The material in this monograph is based on the idea that science content and the reading and reasoning processes for learning may be taught simultaneously in the science classroom. Topics of the six chapters are: distinguishing between content and process, developmental and functional reading; diagnosis in teaching science; preparatory activities…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Training Research and Development Station, Prince Albert (Saskatchewan). – 1976
The Generic Skills Curriculum is based on studies and surveys conducted from 1972 to 1975 by the Training and Research and Development Station to determine certain generic skills used in some 76 occupations across Canada. Generic skills are defined as those behaviors which are fundamental to the performance of many tasks carried out in a wide…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Job Skills
Cillizza, Joseph; Devine, John M.
The purpose of this teaching module is to enable participants to demonstrate and apply their knowledge of comprehension and critical thinking skills, using the Watson-Glaser Test of Critical Thinking Ability. Critical thinking is defined as an attitude of thoughtful consideration of the problems and subjects that come within one's experience,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Elementary School Students
Hernandez, Alberto; Melnick, Susan L.
This module provides theoretical aspects of listening comprehension and practical teaching suggestions. Learning activities are designed to achieve the following objectives: (a) explain briefly a theory of the speech process; (b) define redundancy, semantic encoding, phonic patterning, and phonological decoding; (c) enumerate and explain the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Learning Modules, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
Pittsfield Public Schools, MA. – 1976
The competencies established for the language arts program for kindergarten through sixth grade in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, are listed in this document, which indicates grade levels for introducing particular skills, developing skills, and mastering skills. Tests to assist teachers in measuring students' progress in listening comprehension,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Objectives, Grammar, Language Arts
Peer reviewedKrulik, Stephen – Mathematics Teacher, 1980
Ideas for helping students sharpen their ability to read mathematics are presented. (MK)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Mathematical Vocabulary, Mathematics Instruction
Heuer, Randy – Creative Computing, 1980
The development of a software package to be used in developing basic reading comprehension skills is described. The package uses a cassette to present a short story, with multiple-choice questions on a screen. (MK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Educational Technology
Farago, Magda Leonardi – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1979
Discusses a paragraph-centered approach to the teaching of reading in a foreign language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Language Instruction, Paragraphs, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedParis, Scott G.; Carpenter, Robert D. – Reading Teacher, 2003
Provides information about informal reading inventories (IRI), an early reading assessment. Explains what IRIs are; who should administer an IRI; when and how to administer an IRI; the reliability of data from IRIs; and the limitations of IRIs. (PM)
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories, Miscue Analysis
Harker, W. John, Ed. – 1977
This volume is intended for secondary content area classroom teachers. The booklet is made up of selected portions of articles from periodical literature dealing with secondary reading. These articles meet the practical requirements of content area teachers who want to teach reading but who are unsure of where to begin and what to do. The five…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Individualized Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Georgia Association of School Superintendents. – 1964
Materials used in a one-day conference on teaching reading comprehension skills are summarized in this publication. Contents consist of three articles on teaching the comprehension skills, informal reading inventories in science and in geography, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with comprehension questions, a checklist for the evaluation of teaching…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories
PDF pending restorationNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of High Schools. – 1975
The models of small-group lessons provided in this booklet were developed by the New York City Board of Education, under the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I, to act as guides from which the teacher can generate materials on reading comprehension. Chapters deal with the instruction of such comprehension skills as utilizing…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Cillizza, Joseph; Devine, John M.
This teaching module concerns vocabulary as it relates to reading comprehension. Development of an extensive and accurate reading vocabulary is deemed essential for good comprehension. While most children have little trouble with concepts and vocabulary necessary for beginning reading (unless they speak a language which is not of the dominant…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Activities, Learning Modules
PDF pending restorationNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bureau of English. – 1973
When it is determined, as a result of testing or informal diagnosis, that a student is deficient in a particular reading skill, this taxonomy can help teacher and student together to select from a choice of materials, at the appropriate reading level, to correct the deficiency. The taxonomy is divided into five basic categories: beginning reading,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classification, Phonics, Reading Comprehension
Anderson, Presco – 1974
The eight booklets included in this packet emphasize the practical techniques which can aid high school students in improving their reading skills through the use of the newspaper. Each guide contains at least one sample news article, followed by activities designed to improve a specific reading skill. Titles of the individual guides are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Newspapers, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits
