This monograph is the second in a series of semiannual reports that focus on research related to reading in secondary schools. The first section contains two literature reviews dealing with study habits and study skills related to reading. The second section offers two reviews related to prereading anticipation activities, including the advance…

Describes an adapted form of the "Directed Reading Thinking Activity" which guides students through reading assignments with content materials containing an abundance of factual information and details that need to be remembered. (RL)

Eighth-grade students read passages that described three dichomtomized attributes of eight North American minerals. Mnemonic instruction, given to one-third of the students, generally produced greater memory for the minerals' attributes. Implications of the findings are discussed with specific regard to remembering scientific taxonomies and their…

The chapters of this study guide for "Educational Psychology: A Realistic Approach" correspond to the chapters of the same number and title as in the textbook. Each chapter is organized into two major sections; "Reviewing the Chapter" and "Mastering the Chapter." The first section prepares the student to read the chapter by providing an overview…

This working paper, which reviews the experimental literature on learning skills to provide background information to the staff of the Skills Essential to Learning Television Project (a multi-level series of video and print resources for classroom use), covers four areas: study skills, instructional development and design, cognitive psychology,…

Merging the instructional implications drawn from theory and research in the interactive reading model, schemata, and metacognition with computer based instruction seems a natural approach for actively involving students' participation in reading and learning from text. Computer based graphic organizers guide students' preview or review of lengthy…

Options are presented in this paper for the imaginative use of questions in content area study. An argument is made against the stereotyped use of questions to test factual recall and for the use of questions to expand instruction in content study to stimulate higher levels of thinking and learning activities. Suggestions and examples are provided…

High-level behavioral objectives did not produce greater learning than low-level, contrary to previous findings using study questions interspersed through written prose. Overt use of objectives at both levels produced greater learning, supporting the idea that procedures requiring semantic encoding are instructionally superior to those requiring…

Advance organizer effectiveness for disadvantaged seventh graders was investigated. The influence of the organizer was assessed under two testing formats: recall and recognition. The organizer was shown to be effective, regardless of the testing conditions. (Author/GK)

Two studies evaluated the effectiveness of guided notes with five secondary students with mild disabilities and three postsecondary students with learning disabilities. In both studies, use of guided notes resulted in significantly improved academic performance. (Author/DB)

Describes a method for organizing the subject matter associated with the history of economic thought. The conceptual matrix is an organizer and visual display that cross references normative and economic issues with their historical context. Maintains that the matrix promotes critical thinking and allows students to focus on the issues. (MJP)

A two-part study examined the effectiveness of glossing (writing comments or questions in text to improve comprehension) when students use it in social studies texts in combination with discussions and other activities. Students were divided into two groups, one of which learned glossing while the other engaged in assigned workbook activities.…

Subjects in the first part of this two-part study (56 undergraduates) read a 24-frame text on computer programming that was presented either in logical or in random order. The results of this experiment showed that the subjects given an advance organizer in the random order presentation performed better on a posttest than did control subjects (no…

"Imbedded Aids to Readers" is a theoretical component of the "Languaging in the Content Areas" (LICA) thesis, which emphasizes that understanding the uses of language and increasing language practice will improve content reading and critical thinking ability. The imbedded aids are clusters of vocabulary and…

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…