Verbal Reasoning for Disadvantaged Adolescents as Facilitators of Comprehension of Texts and Cognitive Operations.

Lasser-Cohen, Hadara

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Publication Date: 1989

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Verbal Reasoning for Disadvantaged Adolescents as Facilitators of Comprehension of Texts and Cognitive Operations.

Lasser-Cohen, Hadara

Studies in Educational Evaluation, v15 n2 p247-56 1989

The effectiveness of the Program for Fostering of Reading and Thinking for disadvantaged adolescents in Israel was assessed during a controlled study using 133 eighth and ninth graders. The study assessed verbal reasoning exercises, special training effects, and various types of texts and cognitive operations. (TJH)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 9, Program Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Verbal Learning

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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