Theory
Facilitates reflection upon one's perceptions regarding content area reading instruction and its potential for application in the classroom. Key points of content area reading instructions; Strategies for integrating learning; Selection of strategies that would help students learn.
New Learning Strategies for Generation X
The gap between Generation X and earlier generations represents much more than age and technological differences. It reflects the effects of a changing society on a generation...The following are some suggestions for targeting instruction toward the characteristics identified with Generation X: focus on outcomes rather than techniques; engage students in role playing and cooperative learning experiences; give students control over their own learning; respect learner's ability to engage in parallel thinking; give attention to the format of instructional materials; and engage students in creating their own learning environments and in completing projects that demand new skills and application of existing skills to new situations.
Planning Pyramid: A framework for Planning
for Diverse Student Needs During Content Area Reading
Describes how the Planning Pyramid helps teachers prioritize content and enable them to choose appropriate instructional methods to meet their students' needs. Includes: textbook as primary resource for teachers' science and social studies' instruction; disparity between what content area reading specialists recommend and what actually occurs in the classroom.
The (In) effectivenessof Content Area Literacy
Instruction for Secondary Preservice Teachers
Presents information on a study that investigated the reading problem in American secondary schools. Includes: method and results; implications, and; ideas to increase students' desire to teach reading in content classrooms.