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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20078 eng Copyright 1989 Dali, Razak Bin Education, Secondary Madsen, Alan L. Dali, Razak Bin 2011-05-07T12:28:06Z 2011-05-07T12:28:06Z 10000-01-01 1989 The purposes of this study are (a) to present reasons why teaching reading and learning to read are major issues in Malaysian secondary science classes, (b) to analyze systematically the relevant facts and characteristics of secondary school science textbooks, and (c) to present suggestions on instructional practices in content area (science) reading for Malaysian secondary science classes. The literature overview provides information which is important in science reading at secondary levels. The analysis of the science textbooks is guided by important questions related to reading scientific materials. Reading problems in Malaysian secondary schools arise because: (1) Students (primary and secondary) lack the knowledge and skills in reading. (2) Teachers (primary and secondary) are not adequately educated in reading and reading instruction. (3) Science textbooks used in secondary schools have been shown to have inadequacies and weaknesses in: (a) the textbook design, (b) the structural pattern of the chapters and paragraphs, (c) the density of difficult and rare vocabulary, and (d) the usage of the editorial features. The results from the text analysis support the suggestions of instructional practices for reading comprehension in science subjects in secondary schools. Finally, several recommendations are suggested to improve reading and reading instruction in Malaysian schools. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:28:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 8916234.pdf: 8474656 bytes, checksum: f64bec2c6bfd754b5267935d2439bc8d (MD5) Previous issue date: 1989 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:41:24Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:17:55-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI8916234 (UMI)AAI8916234 Education, Reading Analysis of form four chemistry and biology textbooks written in Malay with recommendations for reading instructional practices text Education Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ed.D.