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Direct linkHebert, Michael; Bohaty, Janet J.; Nelson, J. Ron; Lambert, Matthew C. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Students who struggle with reading have particular trouble with expository text. Instruction in text structures has been shown to be effective for improving expository reading comprehension. However, few studies have been conducted specifically with upper elementary aged struggling readers. To address these issues, we developed a new intervention,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Reading Difficulties
Download full textHebert, Michael; Bohaty, Janet J.; Nelson, J. Ron; Lambert, Matthew C. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Students who struggle with reading have particular trouble with expository text. Instruction in text structures has been shown to be effective for improving expository reading comprehension. However, few studies have been conducted specifically with upper elementary aged struggling readers. To address these issues, we developed a new intervention,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Reading Difficulties
Stevens, Elizabeth A.; Park, Sunyoung; Vaughn, Sharon – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
This systematic review examines the effects of summarizing and main idea interventions on the reading comprehension outcomes of struggling readers in Grades 3 through 12. A comprehensive search identified 30 studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 1978 and 2016. Studies included struggling reader participants in Grades 3 through 12;…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Expository Writing
Kelso, Katrina; Whitworth, Anne; Leitão, Suze – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
This study aimed to profile the sublexical, lexical, and text level language skills, and cognitive processes of a sub-group of children with poor reading comprehension known as poor comprehenders. An assessment protocol was developed to assess each of the components from Perfetti and Stafura's Reading Systems Framework. A comprehensive profile was…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Profiles
Haria, Priti; MacArthur, Charles; Santoro, Lana Edwards – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of teaching fifth grade students with reading difficulties a genre-specific strategy for summarizing and critically analyzing written arguments. In addition, this research explored whether learning this particular reading strategy informed the students' ability to write effective and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Grade 5
Haria, Priti Damji – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effectiveness of instruction in a genre-specific reading comprehension strategy, "Critical Analysis of Argumentative Text" (CAAT), which was designed to help students to identify, summarize and critically analyze parts of argumentative text. Based on the premise that reading and writing require similar knowledge of text…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Criticism, Grade 5
O'Connor, Rollanda E., Ed.; Vadasy, Patricia F., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Comprehensive, authoritative, and designed for practical utility, this handbook presents evidence-based approaches for helping struggling readers and those at risk for literacy difficulties or delays. Leading experts explain how current research on all aspects of literacy translates into innovative classroom practices. Chapters include clear…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evidence, Reading Comprehension, Learning Problems
Differential Competencies Contributing to Children's Comprehension of Narrative and Expository Texts
Best, Rachel M.; Floyd, Randy G.; Mcnamara, Danielle S. – Reading Psychology, 2008
This study examined the influences of reading decoding skills and world knowledge on third graders' comprehension of narrative and expository texts. Children read a narrative text and an expository text. Comprehension of each text was assessed with a free recall prompt, three cued recall prompts, and 12 multiple-choice questions. Tests from the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Grade 3, Reader Text Relationship
Deane, Paul; Sheehan, Kathleen M.; Sabatini, John; Futagi, Yoko; Kostin, Irene – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2006
One source of potential difficulty for struggling readers is the variability of texts across grade levels. This article explores the use of automatic natural language processing techniques to identify dimensions of variation within a corpus of school-appropriate texts. Specifically, we asked: Are there identifiable dimensions of lexical and…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Language Processing, Grade 6, Natural Language Processing
