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Peer reviewedSteiner, Karen – Journal of Reading, 1978
Reviews materials on speed reading located in the ERIC data base. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Rate
Peer reviewedSchachter, Sumner W. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Suggests ideas for using content area texts, newspapers, magazines, and phone books to teach skimming and scanning. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Habits, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMcGee, 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
Peer reviewedMather, Peter W.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1985
Examines the changes made in the Nelson Reading Skills Test, Forms 3 and 4, noting that the authors of the revised test have strengthened the test by requiring students to define words in context and by adding sections related to phonic skills, word parts, and reading rate. (HOD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate
