Argues that techniques for improving the reading and writing skills of vocational students at the secondary level should become a part of the daily instructional plan of teachers. (RB)

Provides precise definitions of the terms literacy and basic skills and shows the natural connection between them. (HOD)

Offers suggestions on how to use the newspaper to teach students how to follow directions. (SRT)

Suggests specific reading strategies for college level learners based on a thorough analysis of how successful college readers handle difficult text. (AEA)

Compares four notetaking styles by teaching them to groups of students and analyzing differences in notetaking ability before and after instruction. (MS)

Analyzes the process by which successful writers summarize and suggests strategies for helping students summarize both expository and narrative reading material. (AEA)

Since reading achievement and study achievement failed to correlate significantly in this study, results should be interpreted in a number of ways. (HOD)

Focuses on how to teach general reference cartographic maps (maps that show feature's of the earth's surface easily recognizable by most people). Notes that the content of general reference maps can best be understood in terms of the structure of simple lists. (RS)

Reports on a summer school program successful in improving academic achievement of average seventh graders retarded in reading; emphasizes diverse reading, writing, and study skills needed for traditional subjects. (Author/RB)

Argues against underlining important points in a textbook as an inefficient study technique and describes three methods of notetaking which are more effective: outlining, SQ4R, and summary. (RB)

Suggests specific techniques for helping students learn to identify and verbalize main ideas in what they read. (RB)

Students draw upon their experience and community resources in this program designed to prepare them for living on their own. (JM)

Argues that newspapers provide a rich source of material to build listening, speaking, writing, spelling, and grammar skills. Describes 13 class activities using newspapers to work on punctuation, subject-verb agreement, identifying parts of speech, debating current issues, spelling, and notetaking skills. (RS)

Reviews materials in the ERIC system on the nature of on-the-job reading and instructional strategies to surmount work-related reading difficulties. (HTH)