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Torrance, Mark; Fidalgo, Raquel; Garcia, Jesus-Nicasio – Learning and Instruction, 2007
Seventy-one normally functioning Spanish sixth-grade students participated in classroom-based training in cognitive strategies for preplanning and substantive revision of expository text. Short essays completed by these students pre-intervention, post-intervention, and after a 12 week delay were compared with those of an ordinary-curriculum…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
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Leon, Jose A.; Carretero, Mario – Learning and Instruction, 1995
A reading comprehension instructional program designed to improve knowledge and use of the text structure was analyzed in two complementary studies involving 72 high school students. Readers trained in the program demonstrated improved comprehension and were able to transfer their knowledge to other texts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Intervention