WKM There can be little doubt that a large number of American students cannot understand
their social studies textbooks, and the empirical evidence overwhelmingly supports this …

ERIC - EJ130274 - Making the Social Studies Textbook a More Effective Tool for Less Able
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For a number of years, social studies teachers have been told that they should expect a wide
range of reading abilities present within any classroom. For example, it is stated in a recently …

O ne conclusion I have drawn from my observations of teaching and testing in social studies
classrooms is that many students do not comprehend textbook material and frequently are …

Ninth-grade social studies students were asked to paraphrase a text excerpt. Results
showed that students encounter the most serious reading difficulties when texts fail to take …

Cites numerous research studies stating that the textbook remains the dominant tool in
social studies, causing a low regard for the subject by many students. Looks at reading …

The previous paper reviews the research studies conducted since 1950 that investigate
problems related to reading instruction in social studies.'These studies are grouped …

HpHE selection of basal reading materials for the social studies program continues to
present a num ber of difficult problems that need to be resolved in making intelligent de …

This publication examines reading instruction techniques that can be used by teachers to
diagnose and remedy students' weaknesses in reading social studies materials. There are …

Approaches to improving students' skills in reading social studies materials are presented in
this book. The first chapter discusses reading problems and orientations to reading in the …