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| Journal of Reading | 100 |
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| Practitioners | 21 |
| Teachers | 3 |
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Peer reviewedMaring, Gerald H.; Shea, Mary Ann – Journal of Reading, 1982
Indicates that college students need assistance to develop reading maturity along with reading skills and gives specific suggestions for developing reading maturity in developmental reading programs. (AEA)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHeathington, Betty S. – Journal of Reading, 1979
Suggests a strategy for developing reading habits in the middle school which is based on Grover C. Mathewson's five motives for reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Motivation Techniques, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedClary, Linda Mixon – Journal of Reading, 1991
Presents six possible strategies to get adolescents to read: (1) capitalize on interests; (2) make reading material accessible; (3) build a conducive environment; (4) allow time to read in school; (5) provide significant adult models; and (6) use motivational techniques. Highlights ways which these strategies can be implemented in classrooms. (MG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Classroom Techniques, Motivation Techniques, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedNeville, Donald D.; Hoffman, Rudolph R. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a study in which seventh-grade students achieved higher scores on a cloze test after reading stories that contained their own names and those of people and places familiar to them. (MKM)
Descriptors: Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Motivation Techniques, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedBrowning, Nancy F. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Advocates the use of journal writing in reaction to readings to help make reading a more significant part of students' lives. (SRT)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1983
Contributors suggest ways to (1) motivate student reading, (2) improve reading skills in the content area classroom, and (3) communicate with parents. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Learning Activities, Motivation Techniques, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1983
Presents contributors' suggestions concerning (1) creative responses to recreational reading, (2) multisensory approches to spelling, (3) writing assignments for remedial readers, and (4) ways to keep track of students' reading interests. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Learning Activities, Multisensory Learning, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMatthews, Charles E. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Argues that reading aloud to teenagers can provide some of the same benefits that lap reading gives to younger children. (FL)
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Oral Reading, Parent Role, Reading Aloud to Others
Peer reviewedRichek, Margaret Ann – Journal of Reading, 1987
Outlines five variations of the Directed Reading Thinking Activity that can help students become independent readers of narrative text. (NKA)
Descriptors: Fiction, Independent Reading, Learning Strategies, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedManna, Anthony L.; Misheff, Sue – Journal of Reading, 1987
Uses anecdotal evidence to investigate elementary and secondary school reading teachers' perceptions of their own development as readers. Analyzes positive and negative factors that influenced these teachers both in school (such as teachers, instructional practices, learning environment) and out of school (such as family reading, library exposure,…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Family School Relationship
