To comprehend effectively, students must be taught how to analyze the particular comprehsnsion tasks before them in order to determine the specific thinking processes necessary for the solution of these tasks at the appropriate level of difficulty. Rather than teaching specific comprehension skills in an abstract, formulistic manner separated from…

Despite the continued lack of adequate professional preparation of secondary teachers in reading, there are steps which the secondary classroom content-area teacher can take to improve the reading ability of his students. The first thing the teacher must do is determine the specific reading and study skills required by students for content…