Improving the Learning of Social Studies Using Study Guides [microform] / Patricia Ann Richardson
- Bib ID:
- 5467132
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Richardson, Patricia Ann
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 50 p.
- Summary:
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A study explored whether the use of a study guide would improve students' comprehension of content area material. Two groups of students in an eighth grade social studies class were involved: students in the control group received the usual instruction--the chapter was read orally and discussed in class--while students in the experimental sample were given a study guide, skimmed the material silently, and worked on the exercises in groups of two or three. A posttest on history revealed no statistically significant differences between the scores of the two groups. However, since both time and the amount of material were limited and since no information is available regarding the reliability of the method used, the results of this study can be applied only to these two samples. Reading in the content areas from grades four through twelve requires the integration of new knowledge with what is already known and involves sophisticated skills. Content area teachers must be aware of, model, and teach those reading and study skills that help students to better comprehend their reading assignments. Some strategies that have been used successfully to train students to acquire information on their own include the use of prediction guides, advance organizers, graphic organizers, study guides, and glossing. (Appendixes include the study guide and tables of findings.) (LLZ)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: M.A. Thesis, Kean College of New Jersey.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1986
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