Describes ways to use reading, reaction, and vocabulary extension guides to help maintain students' interest in poetry. (KS)

Alternatives to the lecture in college teaching of literature. (AA)

Describes the development and use of a study guide in a general psychology class. Especially valuable were definitions that eliminated the need for classroom dictation. (CS)

Many students read below grade level and have problems reading their core textbooks. Presented are five techniques secondary teachers can use to improve their students' reading skills. (MD)

Teachers can help students use textbooks that are too difficult to understand by developing study guides with outlines, vocabulary lists, short summaries, and study questions for each chapter. These study guides can also help students learn how to use feedback and how to learn efficiently. (CL)

Describes a study guide to help students read short stories, essays, novels, drama, and poetry. (AEA)

Suggests that study guides can help teachers set priorities and teach students how to learn through more efficient reading. A sample guide shows sections on background, vocabulary, organization, cause-effect, and detail. (MKM)

This book makes it much easier to implement a staff development, teacher education, or self-help program to improve the six research-based teacher qualities that are most apt to raise student achievement. Use the dozens of assessments, observation guides, planning tools, and other resources to: (1) Strengthen teachers' verbal abilities, content…

Describes the steps for creating a study guide to direct students' efforts to understand and remember information from texts. (AEA)

Two techniques are given for helping students improve the quality of their class notes. (DT)

This paper introduces the use of self-assessed questions (SAQ) in interactive learning material. SAQs have two related but separate functions in learning materials: SAQs sustain the student's concentration and breaks up the text, and SAQs help the student assess progress of learning at a particular point in the material. Examples are given of…

Shows how a content area teacher can help students relate prior experiences to the new information to be gained through the reading assignment. (MKM)

Offers a method for teachers in the content areas to teach study skills, specifically, strategies for allocating study time, reading, note taking, and learning for tests. (SRT)

The author shows how comprehensive musicianship can be taught within school band performance through preparation of a lesson plan and study guide for each selected musical composition. The lesson, or Unit Study Composition, includes historical and analytical notes, a glossary, concepts, objectives, and assignments. The lesson development process…