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Meehan, Anna, Comp. – 1980
Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this instructional packet is intended for use by teachers of a course in functional basic English skills for eleventh grade students. The packet contains preparatory sheets, activity…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Educational Resources, English Instruction
Shepherd, David L. – 1978
One of the necessities of basic literacy--basic knowledge--is divided into specific content area disciplines for instructional purposes; but the other need--competence in language skills--can and should be taught by teachers in all disciplines. High school content area teachers can promote the tenets of basic literacy by emphasizing the effective…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Daily Living Skills, Human Development
Download full textFurukawa, James M.; And Others – 1980
The cognitive processing capacity (CPC) model of teaching and studying was used to determine whether tenth grade students could improve their performance in biology. The 27 students in the experimental class were taught to study information in quantities that matched their CPC and to chunk these quantities together under a heading in a study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading
KINKEAD, THOMAS; LEVINE, MILTON – 1964
SPECIFIC STUDY MATERIALS AND A GUIDE FOR TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AND LITERATURE ARE PRESENTED. THE STUDY MATERIALS PROVIDE FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT AND ARE APPLIED TO THE TITLES REGULARLY USED IN THE NINTH-GRADE LITERATURE PROGRAM OF THE RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK. EXCERPTS FROM "THE THREAD…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Creative Reading, English Literature, Functional Reading
Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. Div. of General Education. – 1970
As a beginning point from which a teacher may use his own insights and understandings to launch, enrich, or strengthen a reading program, this tentative guide to reading offers some ideas, suggestions and guidelines that can aid the teacher in meeting the individual needs of his students. Activities and techniques are built upon a continuum so…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading, Individualized Reading, Literature Appreciation
Gibson, Madelyn – 1971
This program guide outlines an advanced laboratory course using multimodal materials from junior high school to college which is designed to improve reading and comprehension, visual and auditory efficiency, and study skills. Each student begins at a test-determined level and progresses as skill and efficiency increase. The basic purpose is to…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading, Course Content
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1975
The purposes of this booklet are to acquaint physical education teachers with the meanings of some terms used in reading that are related to physical education, to acquaint physical education teachers with reading skills that can be taught or reinforced through physical education activities, to provide a source or model of such activities, and to…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWolfe, Rosemary Fanti – Journal of Reading, 1987
Discusses the Supplemental Instruction (SI) approach to teaching study skills using course content. Summarizes the methods used in SI review sessions and reviews data measuring the success of students involved in SI with implications for improving student performance in other difficult courses at the community college level. (SKC)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Models
Peer reviewedHoward, Dawn C. – Distance Education, 1985
Reviews research on the cognitive and affective processes engaged in by learners as they read which determine reading effectiveness and addresses implications of findings for college level study skills instruction, particularly remedial instruction of distance learners. Suggested features of a study skills program, its presentation, and program…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Distance Education
Peer reviewedSnow, Marguerite Ann; Brinton, Donna M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1988
Describes an English as a second language (ESL) instructional model that links ESL courses with content courses to better integrate the reading, writing, and study skills required for academic success in the university setting. Results of students' evaluations of the program and follow-up on participants are discussed. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedNelson, J. Ron; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1992
Effects of a summary skills learning strategy on the comprehension of science text were examined with five elementary-age urban minority students with learning disabilities participating in a summer remedial program. The strategy produced clear improvement in comprehension which was associated with similar improvements in the completeness of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Cochran, Judith A. – 1993
Reflecting concern for the myriad problems resulting from the presence of poor readers in secondary schools today, this book shows content area teachers why they must and how they can improve students' reading deficiencies. The book provides an explanation of reading skills and learning difficulties in a quick and easy format; activities to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Olson, Patricia S. – 1985
This compilation presents material relating to the ReCaRe (Reading and Content-area Resource) program, a one-semester elective course for secondary school students of all ability levels designed to develop their reading comprehension, vocabulary, rate of reading, and study skills. The first part of the compilation is a 48-page booklet entitled…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Demonstration Programs, Individualized Instruction, Lesson Plans
Frederick, E. Coston – 1984
This textbook is not about reading; rather, it is a book about how to teach content by employing reading techniques. It has been designed for preservice and inservice teachers to enhance their ability to teach subject matter. Heavy emphasis is placed on vocabulary development in content areas. Five chapters are devoted to individual directed…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Individual Instruction
Woodley, John W. – 1986
A study investigated the ability of university undergraduates in introductory classes to study effectively. Subjects, 64 students in a western civilization class and 68 students in a sociology class at a moderately sized comprehensive university in a northern plains state, were administered a cloze passage constructed from the textbook being used,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Content Area Reading, Higher Education
