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| Reading World | 252 |
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| Practitioners | 47 |
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| United States | 2 |
| Japan | 1 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 1 |
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| Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
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| Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary | 1 |
| Slosson Intelligence Test | 1 |
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Peer reviewedCarvell, Robert L. – Reading World, 1980
Suggests how to help students use their textbooks effectively. Includes ideas and a sample test for testing students' facility in using aids provided in textbooks. (TJ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRodriguez, Joan H. – Reading World, 1978
Reviews research on trait interaction and suggests using this research as the basis of individualized instruction. Further suggests that teachers add to the literature by testing the interaction of traits in their own classrooms. (TJ)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedStansell, John C. – Reading World, 1978
Provides the results of a case study that shows how instructionally-controlled reading strategies are refined and expanded into mature strategies; recommends techniques for helping students develop mature reading strategies. (TJ)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, Miscue Analysis
Peer reviewedCadenhead, Kenneth; Carmichael, Nadine M. – Reading World, 1979
Describes how a fourth grade teacher used themes in children's literature to develop higher levels of reading comprehension. (TJ)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classification, Elementary Education, Group Discussion
Peer reviewedWeiss, M. Jerry – Reading World, 1974
Discusses some of the problems associated with the teaching of reading, especially where instructional materials, Teaching methods, and educational technology have affected instruction in recent years. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Problems, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHautala, Lynda W. – Reading World, 1977
Describes the "Teacher Observation/Interview Guide," which was designed to aid consultants, administrators, and teachers in observing and describing objectively actual classroom practices in the major areas of diagnosis and instruction. (JM)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedKing, Glynn Travis; Henk, William A. – Reading World, 1985
Concludes that the new Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) serves reasonably well as a quick estimate of intellectual ability but that it should not be used as an extended substitute for the more rigorous WISC-R. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedRadencich, Marguerite C.; Schumm, Jeanne S. – Reading World, 1985
Provides parallel and flexible reading/writing strategies designed to help college students with the challenge of simultaneously succeeding in a variety of subject areas in which their experience is limited. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedReutzel, D. Ray – Reading World, 1984
Finds that a story mapping procedure significantly improved fifth-grade students' comprehension, but finds no difference between a typical basal lesson using a discussion of oral and written questions as a review and a story map as a review to improve comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedMcCabe, Patrick P. – Reading World, 1984
Describes activities designed to improve the critical reading skills of young readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedNist, Sherrie L.; Sabol, C. Ruth – Reading World, 1984
Focuses on (1) the disparities between reading and writing instructional methodologies, (2) the misconceptions students seem to draw if these disparities are not brought to their attention, and (3) the recursive relationship between written and oral language. Contrasts the relationships between main ideas and details in reading processes with…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Oral Language
Peer reviewedSiedow, Mary Dunn – Reading World, 1983
Reviews recent literature in the range of subjects that make up vocational education to determine the reading requirements of such subjects. Makes suggestions for improving the state of reading instruction in vocational education. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBlanton, William E.; Wood, Karen D. – Reading World, 1984
Provides a brief review of test-wiseness research and discusses a model of direct instruction as an alternative to reading comprehension test-wiseness instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Models
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading World, 1984
Concludes that not only does context facilitate the ascertainment of word meaning, but that it does so for poor readers and good ones alike. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Context Clues, Grade 8, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedAnderson, William W. – Reading World, 1972
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Independent Study, Racial Differences, Reading Instruction
