The Effect of Instruction in Specific Reading Skills on Eighth Grade History Achievement

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine what effect the development of certain reading and study skills has upon the child's mastery of history. Beyond the skills needed in general reading those skills peculiar to the understanding of history such as interpretation of maps, graphs, and charts, understanding historical vocabulary, and historical reasoning are stressed.|In short, the investigator attempts to determine how the emphasis of specific reading skills Influences achievement in history.