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Karlin, Robert – 1971
Subject-area teachers are not expected to be reading experts, but they can help students overcome reading difficulties. Students often fail to meet the subject-matter demands due to lack of purpose in reading content, unfamiliarity with technical vocabulary, and the heavy concept load and idea density in the material. Teachers can use reading…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction
Clayton, Kathleen K. – 1970
The "right to read" as a world and United States goal necessitates the maximum development of each student's reading ability, and this requires individual diagnosis and an eclectic approach to individual instruction. Among the skills which must continue to be developed beyond the primary grades are word-attack skills, vocabulary and concept…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Critical Reading, Diagnostic Teaching
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 18 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of illustrations on third grade students' attitudes toward the elderly; (2) visual and phonological coding in word processing by fourth, sixth, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Oral Reading
Taschow, Horst Gerard – 1969
A model of the decoding process as utilized in silent reading on the college level was reported. The model was conceptualized as a pyramid, whose apex represented silent reading comprehension. The body of the total reading model rested on the foundations of basic reading skills and higher-level reading skills which were followed by tentative…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Models
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1984
Intended for use by curriculum specialists, administrators, resource teachers, classroom teachers, and teachers of special reading programs, this language arts guide for kindergarten through grade eight offers objectives and activities for integrating the language arts. The guide follows a general format, making it adaptable to any situation, and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Education, English Curriculum, Evaluation Methods
Botel, Morton; And Others – 1979
The New Brunswick (Canada) Comprehensive Reading/Language Arts Plan (NBCRP) is an integrative framework of goals not only for a developmental reading/language arts program but also for the special students regardless of classification. The NBCRP proposes three major categories of action: (1) the institution and improvement of a reading/language…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Alabama Univ., Birmingham. – 1976
Focusing upon reading problems and their identification, this handbook presents guidelines, procedures, techniques, and prescriptions for teaching basic reading skills to students who need assistance in becoming mature readers. The skills focused upon in the handbook are those of comprehension, oral reading, reading readiness, silent reading,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of assisted reading as a teaching method for enhancing reading readiness in kindergarten children; (2) the structure of talk in primary grade…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Classroom Communication