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Peer reviewedGagne, Ellen D.; Memory, David – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1978
This study was designed to establish the generalizability of the claimed effectiveness of several prereading instructions in enhancing either specific types of comprehension or overall comprehension. (HOD)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedAndrews, Larry – Research in the Teaching of English, 1971
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, High School Students, Prereading Experience, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedStauffer, Russell G. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Suggests that directed reading-thinking activity, characterized by (1) inquiry, (2) selectively processing ideas, and (3) feedback, is more creative for both the teacher and pupils than the teacher-centered directed reading activity. References. (VJ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Feedback
Download full textDurkin, Dolores – 1980
The increased interest in reading comprehension by researchers in fields other than reading education is noted in this paper. In addition, the concerns of the new researchers in reading are described, some of the terms they are using are explained, and the implications of their findings for reading instruction are explored. The interests of…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Discourse Analysis, Interdisciplinary Approach, Questioning Techniques
Beck, Isabel L. – 1984
The following assumptions motivated this monograph's analysis of commercial based reading programs: (1) basals represent the state of the art in reading instruction; (2) to offer suggestions for improvement of instruction, existing practices must be understood in detail; and (3) information about instruction contained in the literature at large or…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Content Analysis, Curriculum Enrichment
Peer reviewedReadence, John E.; Moore, David – Reading Psychology, 1979
Discusses research that indicates the value of prereading and postreading in content area reading; explains the encoding specificity principle, which is the basis of methods that present similar cues during prereading and postreading. Describes several instructional applications of this principle. (GT)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Learning Theories
Beck, Isabel L.; And Others – 1979
Two of the most widely used reading programs in the country, the 1976 Houghton Mifflin Reading Series and the 1976 Ginn Reading 720 Series, are analyzed in this volume to determine the methods they suggest for teaching reading comprehension. Eight sections contain the following information: (1) a short description of some of the surface features…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Pennock, Clifford, Ed. – 1979
Focusing on reading comprehension instruction at the word, sentence, paragraph, and larger unit levels, the articles in this volume were drawn from a variety of sources. The three articles in the first section deal with theoretical bases and conceptual concerns. Specific topics covered include the argument for a discourse analysis model, the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Discourse Analysis
