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Promoting Reading Comprehension in Social Studies

Dixie D. Massey

Tina L. Heafner

Researchers suggest there is a reading crisis in middle and secondary schools. However, many content area teachers do not consider themselves reading teachers, nor do they know how to help students develop comprehension skills. Using the Scaffolded Reading Experience approach as a framework, this article provides content area teachers with concrete techniques for teaching reading and content through textbook, primary, and fictional sources.

Abstract from Massey, D.D., & Heafner, T.L. (2004, September). Promoting Reading Comprehension in Social Studies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 48(1), 26–40. doi: 10.1598/JAAL.48.1.3