the student be taken back to that step and retaught. A sage rule
to follow is to administer an informal diagnostic test of vocabu-
lary and concepts from time to time as the student progresses
through the course.

 The physical sciences also have their own special vocabu-
laries. In developing his skills in this area, the student learns
to: (1) Identify the problem under discussion and the hypotheses
presented. (2) Look for the information used to support the
hypotheses. (3) Evaluate hypotheses. (4) Evaluate the results
of the investigation. He should also learn to identify an inductive
approach and a deductive approach. He should be taught to dis-
tinguish between laws, theories and hypotheses. He should practice
identifying the theories underlying scientific processes.

 Some of the specific techniques that follow can be applied
in several subject matter areas. Although their usefulness appears
greatest under social studies or science, they are not necessarily
less useful in other areas. Furthermore, many of the more general
techniques mentioned in other chapters can also be applied in the
specific subject matter areas.



 SOME COMPREHENSION TECHNIQUES FOR USE IN TEACHING
 READING IN THE CONTENT FIELDS


Social Studies

 1. Have the students answer the question, "What has led up
 to this event?"

 2. Ask the students to try to visualize features in the
 landscape as indicated by maps.

 3. Lead the students in making different types of graphs
 to illustrate concepts or information given in the
 text.

 4. Procure original news articles of twenty years ago.
 Duplicate these. Allow students to compare these
 with their history texts.

 5. Give the students news stories without headlines.
 Making up headlines is then assigned.

 6. When studying current events in the news, ask the
 students to write their predictions of what will
 happen. Later have them check their predictions
 against what actually did happen.


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