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ERIC Number: EJ235313
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Improving Student Understanding of History Textbooks: A Practical Approach.
Filner, Robert E.; Basile, Donald D.
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, v5 n2 p134-36 Fall 1980
Noting that college history teachers must often contend with student reading problems, the article recommends ways of improving student comprehension of textbooks. Methods center on selecting a proper textbook and on having students preview, paraphrase, analyze, and review. Journal available from Loren E. Pennington, Division of Social Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas 66801. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Higher Education, History Instruction, Learning Activities, Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulties, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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