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Abdo, Pamela J.; Chan, Amy E.; Englund, Tonya R.; Liljegren, Roy D.; Mielenhausen, Steve E.; Van Fossen, Margaret A. – 1998
This report describes a program designed to increase students' knowledge in the science content area utilizing reading comprehension strategies. The targeted population consisted of grade 6 middle school students in a growing urban community in eastern Iowa. The students demonstrated poor comprehension of their science textbook. Data also revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Educational Strategies, Grade 6
Johnson, Lory, Comp.; Buckingham, Betty Jo, Comp. – 1992
Designed to expose young readers to a wide variety of literary genres, this annotated bibliography provides a list of over 500 recently published adolescent literature selections representative of the universal themes in literature. Selections are divided into sections of folklore, drama, poetry, non-fiction, and fiction (the most extensive). The…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Fiction, Folk Culture