ERIC Number: ED001144
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1964-Jan
Pages: 59
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COURSE OF STUDY OF SECONDARY READING. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE COURSE OF STUDY IN ENGLISH, GRADES 7-12.
ALSTON, JUANITA S.; AND OTHERS
THE DEVELOPMENTAL READING IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 WAS PRESENTED, GIVING PROCEDURE AND TECHNIQUES, READING MATERIALS, BASIC SKILLS, ENRICHMENT, LESSON PLANS, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECOMMENDED READING. BASIC SKILLS CITED WERE--PHONETIC AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, COMPREHENSION, LOCATION, SKILLS, VOCABULARY, AND ENRICHMENT. EVALUATION, ORGANIZING, AND APPRAISING MATERIAL IN SILENT AND ORAL READING WERE STRESSED. OBSERVABLE CLUES TO POOR READING ARE--EYE MOVEMENTS, LIP AND THROAT MOVEMENTS, HEAD MOVEMENT, POSITION OF THE BOOK, TENSIONS SUCH AS GRITTING TEETH AND SQUIRMING, AND LOW INTEREST. NINE COMPARISONS ARE SHOWN BETWEEN EFFICIENT AND INEFFICIENT READERS. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF RESOURCE MATERIALS INCLUDING BOOKS, WORKBOOKS, MECHANICAL DEVICES, TESTING MATERIALS, FILMS, AND FILMSTRIPS. A DIAGRAMMATIC PLAN OF A READING LABORATORY IS GIVEN. TWO UNITS OF STUDY, "EFFICIENT READING" AND "SPEED, POWER AND PROFICIENT READING," ARE OUTLINED.
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Authoring Institution: Pittsburgh Board of Public Education, PA.
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
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