Organizing Reading Material into Thought Units to Enhance Comprehension.

Stevens, Kathleen C.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Organizing Reading Material into Thought Units to Enhance Comprehension.

Stevens, Kathleen C.

Reading Horizons, v23 n3 p185-89 Spr 1983

Emphasizes that, in order to comprehend, a reader must chunk the many words of a sentence into meaningful groups of words. Offers suggestions for developing "thought units" in the upper grades. (FL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Language Processing, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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