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A Comparison of Content Schemata and Textual Schemata or the Process of Parachuting.
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Bowman, Margie – Reading World, 1981
Examines the background of schema theory and discusses the contention that content schemata is more important to the reader than textual schemata. Concludes that the more useful schemata is determined by the context rather than one schemata type always being more important than the other. (FL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Memory, Reading Processes, Reading Research
Reading and the Art of Guessing.
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Mendak, Peggy Ann – Reading World, 1983
Argues that reading teachers need to be aware of the art of hypothesizing ("guessing") and foster its development in their students. Offers guidelines to facilitate guessing. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Questioning Techniques, Reading Instruction
Toward a Corroborative Framework of Indicators of Reading Comprehension.
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Page, William D.; Vacca, Richard T. – Reading World, 1980
Notes that multiple indicators are necessary to provide an index of reading comprehension and points to two broad categories of indicators: product and process indicators. Examines questions as product indicators and discusses research related to measures of internal comprehension processes. (GT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension
Disparities among Reading, Writing, and Oral Language: A Look at Underprepared College Students.
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Nist, Sherrie L.; Sabol, C. Ruth – Reading World, 1984
Focuses on (1) the disparities between reading and writing instructional methodologies, (2) the misconceptions students seem to draw if these disparities are not brought to their attention, and (3) the recursive relationship between written and oral language. Contrasts the relationships between main ideas and details in reading processes with…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Oral Language
Piagetian Implications for Reading Models.
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Cleland, Craig J. – Reading World, 1980
Examines Piagetian theory in relation to (1) the organizational framework of the reader, (2) the linkage of development and reading, (3) the interrelatedness of language processes, and (4) the twin influences of maturation and experience. Notes the value of Piagetian theory in building reading models and examines two "hurdles" it…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
What Can We Learn from Poor Comprehenders? A Review of Recent Research.
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Steig, Janet B. – Reading World, 1979
Provides a literature review of research done in recent years to identify comprehension processes within the reader. (TJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education