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Download full textWitte, Pauline L. – 1981
Gloss, or marginal notations in a text, and other similar techniques can be used by reading specialists both as they attempt to develop meaningful content area reading programs and as they review what is already known before attempting to learn new information. For example, several social studies teachers began their gloss activities by…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Inservice Teacher Education
Beck, Isabel L.; And Others – 1981
A study investigated whether comprehension of a text could be enhanced by careful structuring of the lesson elements surrounding it. One group of ten second grade children received a reading lesson as prescribed in a basal series that directed attention to irrelevant content while failing to highlight consistently important story elements. A…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Discourse Analysis, Grade 2, Primary Education
Fade, P. – 1979
The student of English as a second language in the French school system is confronted with morpho-syntactic and lexical difficulties when he or she reads texts on the university level. In addition to these difficulties, the method of approaching the text may also prove to be a problem. A method is outlined to help the student achieve an active and…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Directed Reading Activity, English (Second Language), French
Georgia Association of School Superintendents. – 1964
Materials used in a one-day conference on teaching reading comprehension skills are summarized in this publication. Contents consist of three articles on teaching the comprehension skills, informal reading inventories in science and in geography, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with comprehension questions, a checklist for the evaluation of teaching…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories
Baugo Community Schools, Elkhart, IN. – 1975
The objective of this project for kindergarten through fifth grade is to interest public and private educational institutions in the systematization of elementary school reading programs. Facets of Systems Directed Reading (SDR) include the use of a differentiated staffing pattern; experienced language arts unit leaders guiding and directing all…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Development
Searfoss, Lyndon W.; Dishner, Ernest K. – 1973
ReQuest is a reciprocal questioning technique in which the teacher serves as a model of questioning behavior for the student. Following a briefing period by the teacher, the activity begins with the student and teacher silently reading the first sentence of a story. Teacher and student exchange questions on a sentence-by-sentence reading of the…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedThomas, Keith J. – Reading Improvement, 1978
Describes an adapted form of the "Directed Reading Thinking Activity" which guides students through reading assignments with content materials containing an abundance of factual information and details that need to be remembered. (RL)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Cooter, Robert B., Jr.; Reutzel, D. Ray – Academic Therapy, 1987
The article describes the Direct Instruction Skills Plan, a comprehensive plan for direct and text-related reading skill instruction which places skill instruction prior to text reading. Steps include anticipatory set, objective and input, modeling, purpose setting and guided application, independent practice, checking for understanding, real-life…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Mastery Learning, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedNessel, Denise – Reading Teacher, 1987
Describes a comprehension questioning strategy, based on R. Stauffer's Directed Reading-Thinking Activity, that enhances students' use of reasoning on the basis of prior knowledge. (FL)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedShore, Jack L. – Language Arts, 1976
By interrelating the arts of language through a variety of activities children can improve their attitude toward school and their academic skills. (JH)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Directed Reading Activity, Flexible Scheduling, Grade 4
Rivers, Wilga M. – American Foreign Language Teacher, 1973
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Language Instruction, Language Skills
Fitouri, Chadly – Prospects, 1972
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Group Reading, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedEstes, Thomas H. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Evaluative Thinking
Hanf, Marilyn Buckley – Elementary English, 1970
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Eye Movements, Pacing, Reading
Sartain, Harry W. – Reading Soc Setting, 1967
Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Behavior Patterns, Bibliotherapy
