An Australian Program for Improving High School Reading in Content Areas.

Downing, John; Morris, Bert

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Publication Date: 1984

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An Australian Program for Improving High School Reading in Content Areas.

Downing, John; Morris, Bert

Journal of Reading, v28 n3 p237-43 Dec 1984

Describes a model for reading--ERICA (Effective Reading in Content Areas)--that consists of four stages: preparing, thinking through, extracting and organizing, and translating. (HOD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Foreign Countries, Models, Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Reading Strategies, Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Visual Aids, Vocabulary Development, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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