Helping Slow Readers (ERIC/RCS).

Smith, Carl B.

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ERIC Number: EJ405105

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Publication Date: 1990

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Helping Slow Readers (ERIC/RCS).

Smith, Carl B.

Reading Teacher, v43 n6 p416 Feb 1990

Offers five guidelines for teaching slow readers: (1) use age-appropriate content; (2) build background and highlight key concepts; (3) keep assignments short; (4) focus on only a few skills and strategies; and (5) practice the chosen objectives to achieve success. (MG)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Ability, Reading Assignments, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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