Document Type

Graduate Project

Date of Degree Completion

1981

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

Committee Chair

Azella Taylor

Second Committee Member

Doris Jakubek

Third Committee Member

Robert Silver

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to develop a set of instructional materials that would provide classroom teachers with a motivational method for teaching the skill of following written directions. The set of 180 direction exercises provided practice in applying phonetic elements and structural analysis in the context of a reading activity. Comprehension skills were practiced through the development of key concepts, use of structural words, comparing and contrasting ideas, making appropriate judgments and teaching cognitive strategies. With daily use, the directions provided continuous practice in essential reading skills while eliciting observable consequent behaviors which implied language reception or comprehension.

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