Students should be taught a variety of study skills, so that these skills will develop into habits that free them to think about the information presented in their textbooks. Although the study skills are common to all content areas, their application varies with each specific subject. Perhaps the foremost skill is attacking the assignment, which…

The purpose of this manual is to assist the reading teacher toward a fuller understanding of the processes and procedures applicable to the teaching of reading using social studies and science materials in the skills lab. For each of the two subject areas, the manual provides an overview, a list of teaching techniques for the various reading…

Certain forms of literature present special comprehension difficulties for readers at all levels. Each of the genres--poetry, drama, the short story, the essay, biography, and the novel--presents special problems and difficulties to some of its readers who would find their reading more enjoyable and profitable if they understood the ways to…

The author argues that reading instruction could be dramatically improved by making it an integral part of the total curriculum, rather than a subject taught in isolation from the content areas. After reviewing data on reading failure and illiteracy, particular causes of poor reading instruction are discussed. Adequate instruction will come only…

Exercises integrating mathematical concepts and reading are explained.

Points out the importance of good reading skills to success in math class. Stresses that teachers must help students transfer their reading skills to math class. (ARH)

Reports on a study to determine whether placement in a remedial English class is more effective than placement in a regular English class for enabling students who are beyond the acquisition phase of reading development to pass district minimal competency tests. Data support placement in the regular English class. (NH)

Offers three explanations for why students lack the strategies for independent learning and follows that with five practical recommendations for improving study strategies. (HOD)

Gives teachers guidelines for preparing gloss notations focused to help readers develop specific reading skills and strategies. (AEA)

Discusses specific strategies that introduce the text and its concepts before the actual text reading. (AEA)

Reading can be taught in music classes to enhance the music curriculum. Gives lesson plans and study guides for reading instruction in areas like vocabulary building, comprehension, study skills, and thinking skills, all adapted to serve musical purposes. (CS)

Typically, elementary school children read more narrative texts, such as short stories, poems, and fiction books. Some educators have raised concerns over whether elementary school children are developing the skills needed to study the structure and function of expository texts. This topical bibliography and commentary provides examples that show…

Only recently has there been much discussion of reading beyond the third grade, the years when students will increasingly "read to learn" as part of their continuing development as readers. All too often what has been lost is a depiction of reading as a complex set of skills--over, above, and just as essential as the ability to decode.…

Presents exercises to help students develop the ability to conceptualize characters. (TO)