Suggests a variety of self-questioning techniques that students can use to improve their attention to and retention of expository material. (AEA)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center on using the language experience approach with secondary students and adults. (RB)

Suggests that giving disabled readers assignments that involve a purpose and make reading secondary improves motivation and ability. (AEA)

Describes a version of language experience with adolescents that has students write about personal problems and dilemmas they have faced. (AEA)

Describes activities that use jigsaw puzzles for vocabulary building and positive reinforcement and in-class book publishing to motivate high school remedial readers. (AEA)

Describes a successful project in which ninth grade remedial reading students designed, wrote, and illustrated a Student Orientation Handbook for their high school. (SR)

Explains how the SQ3R methods of reading textbooks was used to teach the writing of a research paper and tells of eighth grade remedial readers creating their own trivia game. (HOD)

Describes the Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy, a strategy that differs from traditional instruction through its use of student generated word lists and its emphasis on students' personal experience and world knowledge. (HOD)