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Publication Date: 1988
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Toward Students Learning through the Social Studies Text.
Hayes, David
Social Studies, v79 n6 p266-70 Nov-Dec 1988
Describes how social studies teachers can help students interact with textbooks to promote better comprehension and retention of information. Suggests methods for linking existing knowledge to concepts in the text, for organizing information to encourage retention, and for making the expository style of texts more accessible. (LS)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cluster Grouping, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Retention (Psychology), Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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