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Download full textXingxing Xiang; Tinnakorn Attapaiboon; Nirat Jantharajit – World Journal of Education, 2025
This study developed and examined an integrated instructional framework that combines Situated Learning (SL) and Project-Based Learning (PjBL) to enhance primary students' reading comprehension and analytical thinking skills in Chinese language education. Drawing on a comprehensive literature review of relevant studies from 2018 to 2024, the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Skills, Situated Learning, Student Projects
Direct linkKey, La Vonne; Bradley, Jack A.; Bradley, Karen Sue – Social Studies, 2010
To promote content literacy, students have to be actively involved. This article focuses on strategies that stimulate student interest by involving them with the content during pre-reading, during-reading and post-reading activities. These processes provide students with optimal opportunities for comprehension. The authors recommend the use of a…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Instructional Materials, Social Studies, Educational Strategies
Almerico, Gina M. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2011
Candidates in teacher education programs who are training to become secondary education content area teachers are required in most programs to enroll in a class dealing with teaching reading in the content areas. A number of these candidates reluctantly attend these courses and question the appropriateness of the content they are required to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Content Area Reading, College Faculty, Secondary School Teachers
Orawiwatnakul, Wiwat; Wichadee, Saovapa – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2011
With research showing the benefits of self-directed learning, more activities are needed to provide learners opportunities for self-directed practice (Khomson, 1997; Lee, 1998; Phongnapharuk, 2007). A 12-week experimental study was performed with 80 EFL learners; one group contained 40 Communication Arts students and the other one consisted of 40…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Independent Study, Active Learning, Control Groups
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book guides parents and children in developing strategies to figure out words. The first chapter, Skills for Identifying Words, presents general strategies for making sense of words, and for using the eyes and ears to identify words. The first chapter also offers listening and visual exercises. The second chapter, Using Phonics To Identify…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Decoding (Reading), Early Childhood Education
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book offers suggestions to help parents make their children successful readers and learners. The first chapter, Getting Started, discusses setting an example, being a tutor, creating a positive environment, and letting children be the stars. The second chapter, The Reading Process: Building Meaning, discusses setting a purpose, stages of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Learning Activities, Parents as Teachers
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book provides directions and sample activities to help parents teach their children to follow an easy system for study reading: set clear purposes for study; ask targeted questions; read quickly for specific information; summarize effectively; and gather information from charts and tables. The first section, Flexibility and Reading Speed,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Charts, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book examines ways parents can use their child's interests to develop positive reading attitudes, read aloud to their child, and select books for children--with the goal of developing life-long readers. The first chapter, Creating Interest and Positive Attitudes, discusses developing an early interest in reading, the "language story"…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Critical Thinking, Early Childhood Education
