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| Clearing House | 13 |
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| Journal Articles | 9 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 6 |
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 3 |
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Peer reviewedFillmer, H. Thompson; Parkay, Forrest W. – Clearing House, 1985
Reviews the literature pertaining to the use of hypnosis in improving reading proficiency, describes a procedure teachers can use, and explains why they should use it. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hypnosis, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedToback, Adam S. – Clearing House, 1976
Article provided a short, series of steps teachers can follow when examining reading in secondary subject matter. These steps were intended to aid the secondary teacher (especially those with no formal training in reading instruction) to improve effective reading in the classroom. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedKahn, Norma B. – Clearing House, 1983
Proposes the use of analogies as a means of helping secondary school students become mature and versatile readers. Offers an example of how analogy was used in one lesson. (FL)
Descriptors: Fiction, Language Usage, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedFuentes, Peter – Clearing House, 1998
Argues that mathematics instruction is dependent not just on numbers and their manipulation, but on language, literacy, and comprehension. Uses original examples of mathematical texts to map out a rationale for the teaching of reading in math, and includes a range of practical suggestions for the math teacher that support the "spiraling" of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSwaby, Barbara – Clearing House, 1984
Discusses the problems involved in teaching reading skills to remedial readers, then offers a model for skill instruction. Provides a lesson plan that uses the model for phonics instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedBachner, Saul – Clearing House, 1984
Suggests sports literature as an alternative to traditional course work in high school reading classes. Explains how best to use it. (FL)
Descriptors: Athletics, Learning Activities, Reading Attitudes, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedShuman, R. Baird – Clearing House, 1975
Teachers were advised on methods of developing reading skills for students who are disabled readers and a reading checklist of content areas was added as a beginning in teaching reading. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P.; Rossman, Jean – Clearing House, 1977
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedCarter, Linda Purdy – Clearing House, 1998
Describes how sports literature provides an effective means for combating negative attitudes toward reading. Discusses the use of current sports news, relevant stories, poetry, and videotaped programs as texts. Notes that sports writing and fiction provide excellent opportunities for bibliotherapy, as students reevaluate their attitudes and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Athletics, Bibliotherapy, Books
Peer reviewedSanacore, Joseph – Clearing House, 2000
Argues for the fundamental importance of fostering a lifetime reading habit in middle school students. Discusses various ways to provide opportunities to read in middle school; describes teacher demonstrations of effective reading/thinking behaviors; discusses reading aloud; and notes the importance of literacy educators advocating this kind of…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Lifelong Learning, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedGray, Mary Jane – Clearing House, 1987
Reviews the literature relevant to the subject of comprehension monitoring and offers ideas from the reading research for how students can improve their comprehension and how teachers can tell if students understand what they read. (JC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Literature Reviews, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBriscoe, Cecil D. – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, High School Students, Programed Instructional Materials, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedWendelin, Karla Hawkins; Danielson, Kathy Everts – Clearing House, 1988
Suggests ways in which parents and teachers can work together to improve the reading development of children. Presents results from a survey which examined parents' knowledge and beliefs about reading, and indicated the need for more parent-teacher interaction. Recommends parents make a conscious effort to reinforce the school's reading program.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship
