Social Studies Texts Are Hard to Understand: Mediating Some of the Difficulties (Research Directions).

Beck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G.

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ERIC Number: EJ432545

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Publication Date: 1991

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Social Studies Texts Are Hard to Understand: Mediating Some of the Difficulties (Research Directions).

Beck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G.

Language Arts, v68 n6 p482-90 Oct 1991

Discusses the use of content area textbooks and indicates that content textbooks are difficult for students to understand because the books generally are not well written. Offers solutions for how to use content textbooks and illustrates how lessons can be created through the integration of tradebooks and through discussions in which critical thinking is enhanced. (MG)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Selection, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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