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| Journal of Reading | 33 |
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| Journal Articles | 15 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 7 |
| Opinion Papers | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Book/Product Reviews | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 5 |
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| Nelson Denny Reading Tests | 1 |
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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 reviewedLevine, Isidore – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Rate
Peer reviewedArtley, A. Sterl; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Measurement, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSteinacher, Richard – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Anxiety, Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedBain, June W. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Armed Forces, Minicourses, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMeyer, Sister Jean – Journal of Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedJournal 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
Peer reviewedRichaudeau, Francois; Basista, Yvonne V., trans. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Presents six diagrams that describe what happens when a text is read. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Eye Fixations, Eye Movements
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 reviewedBelcher, Michael J. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Grade Point Average, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedLopardo, 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
Peer reviewedRogers, 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
Peer reviewedCrews, Ruthellen – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beliefs, Content Area Reading, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSargent, Eileen E. – Journal of Reading, 1970
Descriptors: College Preparation, Grade Point Average, High School Students, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMemory, 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
