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Peer reviewedCarter, Betty; Abrahamson, Richard F. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Assesses the qualities and drawbacks of high-interest easy reading books and lists the best of these books that are currently available. (SRT)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, Elementary Secondary Education, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books
Harker, W. John, Ed. – 1985
Intended for secondary school content area teachers, this book provides a sequence of steps through which classroom content area reading programs can be developed. The chapters discuss the following: (l) four methods of diagnosis for content area reading; (2) a procedure for assessing the richness of retellings; (3) approaches to content area…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Program Development, Readability
