Making Headlines Come Alive: Using Current Events to Promote Study Skills and Literacy Growth in a Developmental Reading Classroom.

Myers, Eleanor L.

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ERIC Number: EJ595566

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Making Headlines Come Alive: Using Current Events to Promote Study Skills and Literacy Growth in a Developmental Reading Classroom.

Myers, Eleanor L.

Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, v16 n1 p103-111 Fall 1999

Describes the experience of one developmental reading class instructor in using articles from current event publications to foster problem solving, synthesis and analysis, and perspective-taking. Discusses the assignments given to the students and the process used for evaluating student work. Includes a six-step demonstration of study strategies. (CAK)

Descriptors: Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Literacy Education, Reading Assignments, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection, Reading Strategies, Remedial Programs, Remedial Reading, Universities

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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