The orientation of this paper is toward conceptualizing the ideal study guide. Preliminary sections discuss the general functions of a study guide--to map out a course, breaking it down into assignments of manageable size, and to direct and assist the student in learning the content of each assignment. The general role of an assignment also is…

A project that provided content area teachers with inservice training to help them develop additional skills and strategies for teaching reading is described in this report. After a lengthy synopsis of the report, the first section elucidates the philosophy underlying the project and the model the project was building. The next section describes…

Describes an instrument for assessing student needs in reading in the content areas. (RB)

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…

This study assessed the attitudes of secondary school teachers toward incorporating the teaching of reading skills with content. The subjects were all social studies teachers working with grade levels nine through twelve. Two groups of these teachers were administered a questionnaire--group A was composed of 21 teachers at one of four high schools…

Argues for reading election in the English curriculum. (RB)

Offers suggestions which can help reading specialists provide practical assistance to the content area teacher. (JM)

Outlines a delivery system which improves teachers' classroom performance by (1) introducing them to content-area reading strategies and (2) drawing upon the research on effective inservice education, in an attempt to create a format which will allow and encourage participants to experience behavioral change. (RAE)

The study questions on this one-page guide can be used in the history classroom to help students identify the important features of a historical document. The questions can be used as the basis of class discussion, or they can serve as a preliminary writing assignment before a major essay. (RM)

Makes recommendations about what content area reading should include and how it should be presented to content teachers. (FL)

Presents an exchange of the views of six professional educators on the place of reading in science instruction. (AEA)

Uses a study of reading in the content areas as an example of the evolution of a responsive research design. (FL)

John S. O'Connor offers exciting new approaches to teaching poetry in middle school and high school classrooms with more than 25 high-interest activities designed to sharpen students' writing and self-understanding and heighten their awareness of the world around them. In the process, he demystifies poetry for teachers and students by using…

Reading for students beyond the primary and lower elementary grades gets relatively little attention. Despite the widespread acceptance of the importance of higher levels of literacy for students, levels that can only be achieved across the years of elementary and secondary school, most educators, researchers, and policymakers focus their…