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Journal of Reading, 1981
Contributors offer teaching ideas, including: using Sherlock Holmes mysteries to teach character and plot development, using materials supplied by the athletic coaches in the reading laboratory, and using individualized reading in the content areas. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Individualized Reading, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities

McGee, Lea M.; Tompkins, Gail E. – Journal of Reading, 1983
Introduces middle and secondary school teachers to wordless picture books and discusses how such books can be used to alleviate students' lack of reading fluency. Provides a list of wordless picture books that appeal to older students. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Illustrations, Motivation Techniques, Picture Books

Lopardo, Genevieve; Sadow, Marilyn W. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Discusses the method of repeated readings as an approach to improve the comprehension and decoding skills of disabled secondary and postsecondary school readers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties

Rogers, Douglas B. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Suggests that teachers can develop students' study-reading skills more successfully using investigative processes rather than workbook-type exercises. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization, Notetaking

Memory, David M.; Moore, David W. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a classroom activity designed to teach students how to skim and to read critically that is applicable to all content subjects. (MKM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Library Skills