Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1990
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Randy Wallace
Second Committee Member
Joe Schomer
Third Committee Member
David N. Shorr
Abstract
This project introduced four learning strategies using the sixth grade social studies textbook, The World (Cangemi, 1986) as a framework to enhance reading comprehension. The strategies were selected because they: activated background knowledge, set a purpose, and encouraged active thinking while reading. The project explained each strategy, demonstrated how each could be implemented to promote active comprehension in a content area text, and developed lessons to teach students to incorporate the strategy while reading a social studies textbook.
Recommended Citation
Bowen, Kristine Rae, "Teaching Learning Strategies in Sixth Grade Social Studies Classrooms" (1990). All Graduate Projects. 295.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/295