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Direct linkSolis, Michael; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Falcomata, Terry; Steinle, Paul K.; Miller, Veronica L.; Vaughn, Sharon – Grantee Submission, 2021
This simultaneous replication single-case design study investigated a vocabulary and main idea intervention with an aspect of text choice provided to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Five middle school students with ASD participated in two instructional groups taught by school-based personnel. Results were initially mixed. These…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Material Selection, Reader Text Relationship
AlTameemy, Farooq; Daradkeh, Amer; Alhamod, Abdulhameed – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
This study reports the outcomes of research investigating the relationship between two variables; percentage of word knowledge in an academic English text and reading comprehension scores the participants got for the same text. The study was conducted at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Preparatory Year Deanship, during the first semester…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Correlation, Reader Text Relationship
Sheehan, Kathleen M. – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
A model-based approach for matching language learners to texts of appropriate difficulty is described. Results are communicated to test takers via a targeted reading range expressed on the reporting scale of an automated text complexity measurement tool (ATCMT). Test takers can use this feedback to select reading materials that are well matched to…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Reading Material Selection
Bahaziq, Afnan – English Language Teaching, 2016
Discourse is essential in communicating thoughts and ideas. People around the world communicate their ideas through stretches of language. In order to understand any discourse, it must achieve cohesion. The purpose of this paper is to define and describe the cohesive devices based on the work of Halliday and Hasan (1976). It also aims to emphasize…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Academic Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Essays
Tajeddin, Zia; Tabatabaei, Soudabeh – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2016
Concept maps reflect the linkage of concepts or facts within a text. This study was set out to investigate whether concept mapping as a learning strategy would have any scaffolding effect on the reading comprehension and recall of propositions by L2 learners. Out of 60 high school students, 30 in the experimental group were exposed to concept…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Recall (Psychology), Reading Tests
