Demonstrates that the application of reading and study skills during subject-area teaching does transfer to higher achievement scores on standardized tests. Suggests a realistic strategy for including reading instruction within subject areas at the junior high school level. (Author/RL)

Describes a four-step approach to help students evaluate the news reports that they hear and read. (RL)

Mathemagenic ("giving birth to learning") activities include using supplemental questions and explicit objectives as aids to learning from reading materials. This review of literature about those two mathemagenic devices develops four conclusions about their use by classroom teachers. (RL)

Offers a model which is intended to facilitate the processing of ideational relationships within a paragraph and which is composed of three distinct parts: (1) direct teaching, (2) functional application, and (3) increased student interaction with the text. (FL)

Concludes that there is a need for a broader-based compensatory reading program at the college freshman and sophomore levels. (FL)

Describes a course that was designed to provide instruction in the methods and procedures that can be utilized to enhance student comprehension of textbooks and other printed materials that are encountered in a content area. Discusses instructor concerns, the support system, planning, course assignments, students, instructor workload, and course…

Examines college developmental studies programs, presenting several views of teaching and learning in such programs. Describes one specific mode of instruction, strategic methods, and illustrates its use in mathematics and English instruction. (FL)

Concludes that Round Robin Reading is a widely used method of teaching science and social studies in the intermediate grades. Discusses the effects of this method of instruction and provides alternatives for it. (FL)

Describes a staff-development program designed to assist content area teachers in learning about their students' reading abilities, in analyzing the readability of instructional materials, and in developing teaching techniques that match student reading skills to content area materials. (FL)

Describes the program of the Academic Skills Center at San Diego State University, which is designed to decrease the attrition rate among severely underprepared students by integrating general education courses with courses in academic reading and writing. (FL)

Describes how to set up a science project that concentrates on the language arts skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing as a means of introducing students to the reading and study skills they will need in their content area subjects. (FL)

Reviews the related literature in the ares of questioning strategies and content area reading. Reports one teacher's attempt to determine whether specific questioning strategies increase scores on teacher-made tests. Finds that specific questioning strategies do improve performance on teacher-made tests. (MG)