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Peer reviewedFiddler, Jerry B. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Warner, John F.; Warner, Margaret B. – 1987
Intended to increase reading motivation in students, this book features tales of ghosts and poltergeists. The tales range from the legendary to the contemporary. These accounts of ghost stories in the book provide subject matter for thoughtful interpretation and discussion, while challenging students in four critical reading categories: main idea,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Download full textOhio Newspaper Association, Columbus. – 1973
This handbook is designed to help students develop a better understanding and appreciation of the newspaper, its uses by the general public, and its role in the democratic system. Contents include: "The History of Newspapers"; "Why Should You Read a Newspaper?"; "What Do You Read in a Newspaper?"; "How Well Do You Read?" which stresses reading…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Critical Reading, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1972
The National Assessment of Reading was not based on any one particular approach to the subject of reading. Its primary assumption was that information would help anyone who is interested in reading--regardless of his approach to the subject--determine for himself how well Americans read. The results of this assessment are reported according to a…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Decoding (Reading), Reading, Reading Ability
Carroll, Hazel Horn – 1969
Concern is expressed here with college reading programs and with improvements needed to enable them to keep pace with the effects of rapid progress in the communications field on reading habits. Reading, especially critical reading, will be more necessary than ever in interpreting and evaluating all the ideas being gained or received from the…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, Critical Reading, Educational Media
Baker, William D. – 1974
Chapters 1 through 16 of this book offer information on how to increase reading efficiency, particulary for study material and textbooks. Chapters 17 through 24 deal with the evaluative reading skills. Individual chapters deal with skillful reading, planning an hourly schedule, reading speed, fixations in reading, skimming, concentration,…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Critical Reading, Higher Education, Reading
Herr, Selma E. – 1966
After a consideration of the causes of ineffective reading, this publication presents organized lessons (including 50 reading selections) for improving adult reading skills, and specific suggestions for securing the main idea, developing word power, developing such skills as skimming, following directions, visualization, and perceptual ideas, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Evaluation Methods
Jackson, Jeanne R.; Dizney, Henry – Journal of Developmental Reading, 1963
This study evaluated effects of a year-long intensive vocabulary program on the reading achievement of 12th-grade college-preparatory English students. A control class followed the regular course of study, and an experimental class supplemented it with completion of the "Harbrace Vocabulary Workshop" workbook, study of the use of footnotes and the…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, English Instruction, Individual Development, Interpretive Reading
Cheyney, Arnold B. – 1984
Recognizing that newspapers are among the best supplementary instructional materials, this booklet offers suggestions for the use of newspapers for teaching or reinforcing specific reading skills. The booklet focuses on inferential and evaluative comprehension skills, and the suggestions range from how to teach students to identify main ideas and…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Williams, Richard P. – 1968
Included in this bibliography are books, monographs, dissertations, and journal articles of interest to secondary teachers concerned with reading instruction. The materials included in the 955 citations cover a period of publication from 1903 to 1967. Entries are divided into the following categories: (1) critical reading skills, (2) comprehension…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Functional Reading
