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ERIC Number: EJ725943
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Oct-1
Pages: 4
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
The Power of Purposeful Reading
Tovani, Cris
Educational Leadership, v63 n2 p48-51 Oct 2005
Explicit directions about what to seek in a text will help students to tackle difficult assignments. Teachers will have to clarify the meaning behind the mission while helping students master challenging texts and will also have to improve comprehension by explicitly identifying what information students need to absorb from a text.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Critical Reading
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311. Web site: http://www.ascd.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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