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Busacker, Klaus – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1975
Shows the need for extensive reading in FL teaching. Suggests a test which shows whether a student has actually read the material or has simply gained a superficial knowledge of it. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of multiple-choice. Suggests test exchange for interested teachers. Includes test on Steinbeck's "The Pearl." (Text is in…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Tests
Effects of Mathematical Vocabulary Training on Problem Solving Ability of Third- and Fourth-Graders.
Skrypa, Aldona – 1979
To determine the effectiveness of mathematical vocabulary training on the problem solving ability of third and fourth grade students, 66 students were placed into either an experimental or a control group. All were pretested and posttested with an experimental mathematics vocabulary test and with a standardized mathematics test. Mathematical…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Masters Theses, Mathematical Vocabulary
Jund, Suzanne, Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association, 1980
The eight articles in this journal issue focus on reading in the content areas. The topics covered are inservice workshop suggestions for learning content material, study skills for advanced learners, research on actual student reading done in the classroom, 12 ways to build a positive reading environment, a method of teaching note-taking,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Rauch, Margaret – 1980
The effectiveness of previewing versus discourse analysis as methods of reading instruction was tested. Previewing (supported by schema theory) was based on the premise that helping students relate their knowledge to the content of a reading selection would facilitate comprehension. Discourse analysis (based on research on text structures)…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
Download full textJackson, Evelyn – 1980
The survey step in the SQ3R study reading strategy consists of scanning the reading material and its organizational features to establish the nature/magnitude of the reading task and to formulate guidelines for accomplishing that task. When the chapters of six history textbooks were examined for the presence, absence, and number of organizational…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Reading Skills
LEVIN, HARRY – 1966
PROJECT LITERACY IS A GROUP OF COOPERATING RESEARCHERS WHO PLAN THEIR RESEARCH TOGETHER AND MAKE THEIR FINDINGS RAPIDLY AVAILABLE FOR SMALL-SCALE TRYOUTS. IN THIS WAY, ADVANCES BOTH IN BASIC EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE CAN BE PROMOTED. THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS HAVE GUIDED A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS AT CORNELL--READING INVOLVES…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Eye Movements, Instructional Materials
Venditto, Joan E. – 1977
This paper describes a program of interdisciplinary studies for high-school students who are not motivated to learn in the conventional academic setting. The program began with a work-incentive program that used points as the basis for weekly grades in reading, composition, and skill development. Collaboration of teachers of industrial arts,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Ribovich, Jerilyn K. – 1977
Questioning as an after-reading activity is not sufficient alone as a strategy to develop reading comprehension. This paper presents instructional strategies to support comprehension throughout a student's particular reading encounter. Included are four strategies which involve students: (1) have students specify content expectancies in a variety…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
SHEPHERD, DAVID L. – 1968
THE THEME OF THIS PAPER IS THAT EVERY TEACHER IS A TEACHER OF READING WHEREVER AND WHENEVER THE SKILLS ARE NEEDED. SINCE THE READING CONSULTANT IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH REMEDIATION, THE NEED FOR IMPLEMENTING READING SKILLS IN SUBJECT MATTER COURSES IS IN THE HANDS OF THE TEACHERS IN EACH OF THESE AREAS. THE TEACHING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Content Area Reading, Fundamental Concepts, Mathematical Concepts
Viox, Ruth G. – 1968
Suggestions are made for evaluating reading and study skills in secondary school content subjects. Evaluation procedures include (1) standardized reading tests, (2) teacher-made informal reading tests, (3) inventories of reading and study skills, (4) interest inventories, and (5) teacher observations. Suggestions are made and samples are shown for…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Diagnosis
Earle, Richard A. – 1976
This monograph is designed to furnish classroom teachers with insight and ideas for teaching reading more carefully by emphasizing the what and how aspects of instruction. It is written for the teacher of mathematics in the middle and secondary grades who realizes the important relationship between effective reading skills and learning…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades
Courtney, Brother Leonard – 1970
Four considerations in the teaching of reading in the content areas were discussed: (1) the state of teaching itself, of reading, and of the content areas; (2) the characteristics of today's student; (3) some basic assumptions and arguments for content-area reading; and (4) steps toward implementing a content-area reading program. The author makes…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitudes, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Teaching
Smith, Nila Banton – 1969
The acquisition of thinking skills is being stressed today by educators in all fields. There are, however, no clear and concise concepts of the different faces of comprehension which deal with higher mental processes. If the thinking skills are to be implemented, certain objectives must first be met: more research must be conducted in regard to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Creative Reading, Critical Reading
Singer, Harry. – 1969
A review of research on factors involved in general reading ability and reading in the content areas is presented. In the primary grades, reading comprehension appears to be a specific factor dependent on instructional conditions. During the intermediate grades, common factors emerge and tend to integrate at a more central response level and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Thomas, Ellen Lamar; Robinson, H. Alan – 1974
This sourcebook for high school teachers suggests procedures not only for teaching the fundamental process of reading, but also for teaching reading in all of the high school content areas. It features motivating activities, a subject-area index, and guide sheets and work sheets. Chapters include "How to Use This Book,""Building Vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
