The inadequacy of individual educational program (IEP) goals for high school students with word-level reading difficulties

This investigation analyzed goals from the Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) of 54 high school students with diagnosed reading disabilities in basic skills (decoding and/or word identification). Results showed that for 73% of the students, the IEPs written when they were in high school failed to specify any objectives regarding their acute difficulties with basic skills. IEPs from earlier points in the students’ educations were also reviewed, as available. For 23 of the students, IEPs were present in the students’ files for three time points: elementary school (ES), middle school (MS), and high school (HS). Another 20 students from the sample of 54 had IEPs available for two time points (HS and either MS or ES). Comparisons with the IEPs from younger years showed a pattern of decline from ES to MS to HS in the percentage of IEPs that commented on or set goals pertaining to weaknesses in decoding. These findings suggest that basic skills deficits that persist into the upper grade levels are not being sufficiently targeted for remediation, and help explain why older students frequently fail to resolve their reading problems.     

An Examination of Text Complexity as Characterized by Readability and Cohesion

To better understand dimensions of text complexity and their effect on the comprehension of adolescents, 103 high school seniors were randomly assigned to 4 groups. Each group read versions of the same 2 informational passages and answered comprehension test items targeting factual recall and inferences of causal content. Group A passages had a challenging readability level and high cohesion; Group B passages had an easier readability and low cohesion; Group C passages had a challenging readability level and low cohesion; and Group D passages had an easier readability and high cohesion. Students in Group D significantly outperformed students in Group C (g = 0.78). Although the effect sizes of comparisons among all groups ranged from g = 0.13 to 0.73, no other comparisons were statistically significant. Results indicate that adolescents’ reading comprehension is dually influenced by a text's readability and cohesion. Implications for matching readers to instructional text are discussed.     

语文自读课文教学策略探赜

教师在教学自读课文时应凸显学生的课堂主体地位,让学生自读、自测,检验学生阅读能力与自学能力。文章从语文自读课文教学现状出发,分析语文自读课文教学中存在的问题,并结合教学实践,从结合助学系统教学、注重读写结合、注重个性阅读等方面阐述自读课文的教学策略。     

《普通高中语文课程标准》评析——以叶圣陶阅读课程理论为视点

《普通高中语文课程标准》(实验稿)在强调加强阅读实践活动、学习并运用阅读策略与方法、培养“读解和欣赏的能力”及体会民族文化、培育民族精神等诸多方面继承并发展了叶圣陶的阅读课程理论,但在选文标准、选文种类、文言文阅读要求及情感态度培养等四个方面却与叶圣陶的阅读教学思想存在较大的差异。应该将叶圣陶的更多阅读教学思想融入到《普通高中语文课程标准》中,以增强其可操作性,从而使一直悬而未决的阅读课基本课程内容及其序列问题能尽早得以解决。     

网络阅读理论探微

现代远程教育的突出特点是网络教学,网络教学的主要资源除了视频多媒体外就是文本,而文本(含超文本)资源的学习就是超文本阅读。学习网络阅读的国内外最新研究成果,掌握其规律、特点和理论,对增强学生自主学习能力,提高远程教学质量具有重要意义。     

让文学浸润年轻的生命

在全面推进素质教育的今天,尤要重视优秀的文学作品对学生的深入影响和重大作用,使学生在优秀文学作品的深入阅读中,汲取智慧,丰富思想,陶冶性情,培养其高尚的审美情趣、达观的人生态度和清新活泼、睿智深刻的文风。     

背景·内涵·外延--论阅读理解中的要素把握

背景、内涵、外延是正确阅读，理解的三个关键性要素，背景影响写作素材的获得和作品的思想情感，同时，背景又具有偶然性和双向性特点，间接内涵是作品巨大魅力之所在，它具有单一和复合两种形式，把握外延的尺度是正确理解作品现实意义和历史意义的关键。     

论超语言因素对阅读理解的导向作用

在阅读理解过程中,正确理解文本的含义,不能只停留在语言形式的表层意义上,还必须突破语言形式的束缚,充分利用超语言因素的导向作用,从超语言因素的角度对作家文本中塑造的人物的性格特征、陈述的基本观点和情感立场、奠定的特定情景和状态、描述的人物心理状态、预设的感官形象、设置的人物活动状况,以及特定的文化背景和民俗习惯等几个方面去全面把握文本的真正含意。     

如何有效提高学生的英语阅读能力

根据《大纲》精神，阅读课的教学目的的主要在于提高学生的阅读效率和阅读能力，本就如何有效达到这一教学目的进行探讨。     

速读、速听:一种提高学生英语听力的方法

本文是作者根据自己的教学经验 ,结合目前大学生听力水平上不去的实际情况 ,对方万胜先生所著的《速听学英语》一书中所讲的学习方法加以整理、概括 ,试图找出一种适合大学生们提高英语听力的有效途径。文中提出三点 :1.用“音乐”来训练耳朵 ;2 .速读 +速听 ;3.“音”一定要掌握。