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| Reading World | 10 |
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| Journal Articles | 9 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 8 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 4 |
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Peer reviewedOrlando, Vincent P. – Reading World, 1980
Relates the benefits of a modified version of the SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, and review) study technique and tells how the modified version emphasizes previewing, reading, reciting, reviewing, and checking notes. Describes a two-phase strategy for training students to use the technique and providing guidance in applying it. (GT)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Study Skills, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedThomas, Keith J. – Reading World, 1979
Suggests three uses of the cloze procedure in content area reading to emphasize particular features such as content, structure, or concept. Provides illustrations of each type of study guide. (TJ)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Study Skills
Peer reviewedAppleby, Anita – Reading World, 1977
Presents an informal testing device for discerning reading proficiency in students where standardized measurement is invalid. (JM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedPauk, Walter – Reading World, 1984
Offers tips on how to prepare for test taking, including taking notes, reading textbooks, reviewing, and approaching the test with a positive attitude. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Student Role, Study Skills
Peer reviewedPhelps, Stephen – Reading World, 1984
Argues that successful content area reading lessons are well-structured lessons. Explains organizing concepts and how to use them. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Course Organization, Educational Objectives, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedCarvell, Robert L. – Reading World, 1980
Suggests how to help students use their textbooks effectively. Includes ideas and a sample test for testing students' facility in using aids provided in textbooks. (TJ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRadencich, Marguerite C.; Schumm, Jeanne S. – Reading World, 1985
Provides parallel and flexible reading/writing strategies designed to help college students with the challenge of simultaneously succeeding in a variety of subject areas in which their experience is limited. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedAaronson, Shirley – Reading World, 1985
Notes that many students lack the skills necessary for the efficient memorization of content information as well as awareness of appropriate rehearsal strategies or metacognitive skills. Discusses several rehearsal strategies, and concentrates on one--study mapping. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Memorization
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P.; And Others – Reading World, 1980
Reports on a study of the attitudes of 50 middle and high school content area teachers with respect to evaluation and to teaching strategies and reading skills in the areas of decoding, comprehension, reference and study skills, and vocabulary. (TJ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Peer reviewedCramer, Genevieve R. – Reading World, 1981
Discusses five study skills areas that need to be stressed in working with women who have returned to college: time management, text study approaches, note taking, preparation for examinations, and taking examinations. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Females, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
