Developmental reading courses that use specific content-area reading skills and whose reading specialists interact closely with discipline-specific faculty improve student learning (Cox, Friesner, & Khayum, 2003, p. 191). Additionally, content-area instructors who teach strategies such as utilizing study guides and graphic organizers, and who…

Because vocational students need to be able to read, visualize, and follow directions on the job, teaching them how to read and understand a textbook gives them a vital skill they can practice while acquiring technical skills. (SK)

Describes one reading lab's successful efforts to improve the study and content reading skills of students in classes throughout the university. (DD)

Investigates what reading skills college students use as they study. Finds differences in students' responses at the beginning and end of a semester in which they were enrolled in a college reading study skills class, including using questioning as a method, and using different study methods for different topics and different types of tests. (SR)

Introduces the Directed Questioning Activity (DRA), a teacher directed questioning strategy to be used in class with subject matter textbooks containing unfamiliar or difficult concepts. (RS)

Describes the suggested use of three types of reading/study guides (K-W-L, Selective Reading Guide-O-Rama, and Levels of Comprehension) which can be used with students at all levels of academic and learning proficiency to help them read their textbooks with understanding. (RS)

The techniques of chapter mapping, reading chapter keys, and "T-note" making can help a student overcome immediate academic problems and stimulate student interest in taking a more thorough study skills course at a later time. Completed chapter maps provide the student with several immediate benefits, including a one-page list of all…

A PILOT PROGRAM IS BEING CONDUCTED AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY IN HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF ITS READING CENTER AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT. THIS COORDINATED HISTORY-READING PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN WAS DEVELOPED TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN A COURSE REQUIRING EXTENSIVE READING, TO ANALYZE THE CONTENT OF A…

Suggests four steps teachers can use to ensure that content area reading instruction enhances content area learning: (1) determine learning objectives, (2) determine needed reading and study skills, (3) accurately diagnose student needs, and (4) select specific skills for teaching at any one time. (FL)

Describes a visual representation technique that aids college students in reading textbooks, organizing lecture notes, preparing for examinations, and organizing papers. (JT)

This handbook includes materials developed by faculty members of George W. Wingate High School in a program to improve reading skills in subject area classes. These materials include lesson plans and various kinds of worksheets. Although the lessons involve many content areas, they are divided into these reading skill subject areas; vocabulary…

Shows how to integrate a college reading course with a content area course. Presents five steps of a procedural model followed by students, which include knowing what one needs to do, making plans, doing it, evaluating the plan, and deciding how to handle the problem next time. Contains strategy sheet and concludes with recommendations. (EL)

Presents instructional strategies for teaching developmental reading and study skills based on a news magazine, with synthesis activities involving the use of additional periodicals. (HOD)

Describes a generation-of-questions study strategy used by high-risk college freshmen enrolled in a reading and study skills class. Notes that the students were more willing to use the strategy when their feedback was incorporated into the strategy. (RS)

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED TO SHOW THAT THE READING PROGRAM SPANS THE TOTAL CURRICULUM--(1) WHAT READING SKILLS ARE REQUIRED FOR READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS, (2) WHO SHOULD TEACH THESE SKILLS, AND (3) WHAT MATERIALS ARE NEEDED. SKILLS SHOULD BE GROUPED ACCORDING TO SKILLS FOR READING A SINGLE STUDY-TYPE SELECTION, SKILLS FOR SECURING…