Description: I. CONTENT AREA READING: AN OVERVIEW. 1. Content Area Reading: A Historical Perspective Mary W. Olson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ernest K. Dishner, Penn State Harrisburg. 2. Content Area Reading: The Current State of the Art. Thomas W. Bean, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. John E. Readence, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. II. THE TEACHER AND THE TEXT. 3. The Role of Textbooks and Trade Books in Content Area Instruction. Diane Lemonnier Schallert, Nancy Lee Roser, University of Texas at Austin. 4. Understanding the Readability of Content Area Texts. Edward Fry, Rutgers University. 5. Considerate Texts. Bonnie B. Armbruster, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 6. Identifying and Teaching Text Structures in Content Area Classrooms. Stephen Simonsen, College of the Desert, Palm Desert. III. THE STUDENTS. 7. The Students: Who Are They and How Do I Reach Them? Nancy Marshall, Florida International University. 8. Engaging Students' Interest and Willing Participation in Subject Area Learning. Martha Rapp Ruddell, Sonoma State University, Miami. 9. Context for Secondary Reading Programs. Carl Smith, Indiana University. 10. Students Acquiring English: Reading and Learning. Eleanor Thonis, Wheatland, California School District. IV. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. 11. The Content Area Teacher's Instructional Role: A Cognitive Mediational View. Laura R. Roehler, Michigan State University. 12. Real-World Literacy Demands: How They've Changed and What Teachers Can Do. Larry Mikulecky, Indiana University. 13. Teaching Secondary Science Through Reading, Writing, Studying and Problem Solving. Carol Santa, Lynn Havens, Shirley Harrison, Kalispell, Montana School District. 14. Reading Strategies in Social Studies: Using Strategies in a Thoughtful Manner. Charles Peters, Oakland, Michigan School District. 15. Understanding Literature: Reading in the English/Language Arts. Nancy Farnan, San Diego State University. Alicia Romero, McGill University. 16. The Role of Reading Instruction in Mathematics. Joan F. Curry, San Diego State University. 17. Reading and Writing and the Content Areas of Physical and Health Education. Lance M. Gentile, San Francisco State University.

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