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Applied Cognition in Reading: An Analysis of Reading Comprehension in Secondary School Students
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Cuevas, Joshua A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research sought to add to a body of knowledge that is severely underrepresented in the scientific literature, reading comprehension in secondary students. Chapter 1 examines the current state of literacy in the nation's public schools and the consequences that arise if students leave high school with inadequate reading skills. It discusses…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Textbooks
Poor Readers Don't Get to Read Much. Occasional Paper No. 31.
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Allington, Richard L. – 1980
A review of the literature indicates that instructional differences exist between the instruction given to good and poor readers. A study was conducted to examine the amount of actual reading of connected text, orally or silently, assigned during classroom reading instruction. Twenty-four first and second grade teachers from four school districts…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, High Achievement, Independent Reading, Low Achievement
Reading: Practice Book 2--Practice in Basic Reading Skills.
Streb, Judith A. – 1984
The reading exercises in this workbook cover the general areas of basic phonics; word structure (including compound words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, contractions, possessives, and syllables); vocabulary (including word recognition, rhyming words, and word meaning); study skills (including following directions, alphabetizing, and reading a…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Oral Reading, Phonics, Primary Education
Reading: Practice Book 3--Practice in Basic Reading Skills.
Streb, Judith A. – 1984
The reading exercises in this workbook cover the general areas of basic phonics; word structure (including compound words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, contractions, possessives, and syllables); vocabulary (including word recognition, word meaning, and rhyming words); study skills (including following directions, alphabetizing, and reading a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Oral Reading, Phonics
Reading: Practice Book 4--Practice in Basic Reading Skills.
Streb, Judith A. – 1984
The reading exercises in this workbook cover the general areas of basic phonics; word structure (including compound words, prefixes, contractions, possessives, syllabication, word meaning, similes, vocabulary in content areas, analogies, and idioms); study skills (including dictionary skills, using an encyclopedia and index, reading a map, reading…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Oral Reading, Phonics
Reading: Practice Book 1--Practice in Basic Reading Skills.
Streb, Judith A. – 1984
The reading exercises in this workbook cover the general areas of letter recognition; basic phonics; word structure (including common phonograms, compound words, contractions, possessives, plural forms, and suffixes); vocabulary (including identifying picture names, rhyming words, and word meanings); study skills (including following directions,…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Oral Reading, Phonics, Primary Education
The Shared Silent Reading Method Leads Students to Literacy.
Azarowicz, M. Brown – 1983
The advantages of shared silent reading in the home and in the school for the promotion of literacy are numerous. At home the child may read silently in the presence of a parent who is engaged in a household task, or who is reading silently. In schools, shared silent reading may be used at all grade levels with groups of students in structured or…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Strategies in Teaching Reading: Secondary. Curriculum Series.
Shuman, R. Baird – 1978
The purpose of this book is to deal with pressing problems encountered by secondary teachers in teaching reading, through synthesizing pertinent research and suggesting classroom applications. Its 16 chapters deal with the following topics: the teen-aged nonreader; complicating factors in the teaching of reading; a school-wide attack on reading…
Descriptors: Dialects, Educational Problems, English Instruction, Grammar