This study looked at the problem of why reading study skills were not being used well as indicated by the research which was reviewed. One way to examine this problem was to find out where teachers believed selected reading study skills ought to be taught. In addition, this study investigated how important teachers believed each selected reading…

An overall survey is made of the relationship between reading comprehension and rate, flexibility, and study skills as shown by research studies, and the following conclusions are drawn. (1) There are mostly positive correlations between rate and comprehension, but the amount depends on the test groups, reading materials, measuring instruments,…

Career education is a wholistic concept which includes both job satisfaction and the imaginative use of leisure. It aims to facilitate education of all students so they may appropriately choose and prepare not only for their life's work but for all aspects of living. Since career education emphasizes the importance of developing vocational and…

The 16 papers which make up this volume of conference proceedings are related to the general theme of providing classroom instruction which will meet the needs of all individuals in the classroom. Four major areas with which the conference was concerned are (1) the nature and extent of differences, (2) diagnosis as a blueprint for action, (3)…

Junior-high-school students need instruction in utilizing the various reading study skills as a means of better understanding content and of becoming more independent learners of subject matter. Teachers in the content areas, by using texts and subject-related materials, are in the best position to teach these skills. Although each subject has its…

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)

Reports on a study to determine the effectiveness of an integrated study strategy system that uses self-assigned writing as a means of learning psychology content. Concludes that the PORPE (Predict, Organize, Rehearse, Practice, and Evaluate) system can be a potent, durable, and efficient independent study strategy. (JAD)

Describes a technique using expository text structures and graphic organizers as the basis for taking notes from content area texts. This technique can be transferred to notetaking during lectures. (RS)

Presents three study techniques based on the Content Directed Reading-Thinking Activity that help college students organize, understand, and recall what they are learning from a text. (AUTH/ARH)

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)

Compares two methods of instructing sixth grade students to use the organization of ideas in content reading as a framework for studying (map-construction and map-study procedures) with two control study methods that did not focus students' attention on text organization (question-answering and rereading procedures). Shows students benefit from…

Proposes that by focusing on comprehension and schema development rather than skill and drill, secondary and college level reading instructors can promote more meaningful reading. (HOD)

Argues that if instruction in study skills begins in the early grades reading curriculum, students will learn to get the most from what they read as they mature. (FL)

Describes the contents of history and biology kits prepared by content area teachers for use in a college reading and study skills course. (TO)