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Peer reviewedSmith, Lawrence L. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Provides tables to be used with the Spache Revised Readability Formula that decrease the number of necessary calculations. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Primary Education, Readability Formulas, Tables (Data)
Peer reviewedAntonacci, Patricia A. Pierce – Reading Horizons, 1988
Identifies problems in basal readers caused by writers' use of vocabulary control and readability formulas. Provides suggestions for more effective employment of the basal reader, including suggestions on how to teach students to construct meaning from less than perfect texts. (ARH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Aloud to Others
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1977
As part of a continuing effort by the Indiana Department of Public Instruction to share practical, easy-to-implement reading techniques, this booklet offers a collection of teaching activities under various topics related to reading. Of the eight sections in the booklet, four deal with writing, because an anticipated outgrowth of improved skill in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedHayes, David – Social Studies, 1988
Describes how social studies teachers can help students interact with textbooks to promote better comprehension and retention of information. Suggests methods for linking existing knowledge to concepts in the text, for organizing information to encourage retention, and for making the expository style of texts more accessible. (LS)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cluster Grouping, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
Download full textCampbell, Diana; McCarty, T. L., Ed. – 1983
The guide describes how to use a 9-point system to teach 11 high-interest, low-level novels about Indians and teenagers to students reading at levels 1-8. The nine steps are (1) determine student's instructional reading level, (2) determine level of novels to be read, (3) choose novel at student's instructional reading level, (4) introduce novel,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Characterization
