One-hundred and eight eleventh graders were assigned to three treatment groups: skimming/pretest, skimming/no-pretest, and no-skimming/pretest. Then the pretest groups responded to items in the pretest, while the no-pretest group responded to items unrelated to the stimulus passages. Four weeks later, the skimming groups were asked to skim the two…

Since every teacher is a teacher of reading, several skills and understandings should be a part of every beginning content teacher's preservice training. A secondary teacher's reading background should include a knowledge of a general theory of reading, an overview of basic reading skills, training in book-reading skills, training in the…

Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois, has set up a reading program which includes a reading clinic, a reading laboratory, and a program of Individually Prescribed Study (IPS). The IPS helps the students to master the reading skills necessary for his course work in content areas. Used in this program are various materials for…

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…

A review of the professional and research literature suggests that definitions of critical reading remain tenuous and somewhat conflicting, largely because of the weakness in validity of current tests of critical reading. Ability to read or think critically appears to be closely related to general mental ability and may be dependent on literal…

Discusses possible limitations to the use of context for word learning (such as poor reading skills and text complexity). Recommends that content area teachers be aware of these limitations and provide specific instructions in determining word meaning from difficult contexts. (SKC)

Examines how much and what kind of reading comprehension instruction is provided in the student textbooks and teachers' editions of five social studies programs at the fourth- and sixth-grade levels. Concludes, among other findings, that direct instruction in skills is rare. (HOD)

Presents a reading strategy that helps math students choose the correct operation to solve a story problem by identifying verbal evidence. (AEA)

Few teachers set objectives for pupils to achieve when reading across the curriculum is implemented. Teachers in academic disciplines need to participate in staff development programs or inservice teacher education to be instructors of reading. Skills emphasized in staff development need to be tried out in the classroom and feedback should be…