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Direct linkBeerwinkle, Andrea L.; Owens, Julie; Hudson, Alida – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2021
This study examined the comprehension skills and strategies presented in current reading textbooks used within the United States as a means of describing a contributor to the ecological component of reading. The ways in which comprehension skills and strategies are distributed across genres as well as connected to the National Reading Panel…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Download full textTierney, Robert J.; And Others – 1980
This paper suggests that teachers concentrate on the ideational and structural properties of text rather than on information acquired from readability formulas when selecting and using texts. Emphasis is given to the importance of context in the analysis of text, and a framework is suggested for examining the text considering the functions texts…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Prose, Readability
Bouffler, Chrystine – Australian Journal of Reading, 1984
It has been customary to simplify texts to increase their readability for young readers. Recent studies suggest that it is the predictability of texts that is the key to their readability and that simplification may actually create problems for the reader. (RBW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedNoonan, James – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Raises issues concerning pupils' interactions with mathematics textbooks. Discusses problems related to effective reading and the ability to interpret graphs, diagrams, and symbols. (NH)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Readability
Flood, James, Ed. – 1984
Designed to present a historical account of instructional approaches to the teaching of comprehension as well as insights into effective approaches for the present and the future, this collection of papers is divided into three parts, concerned respectively with: (1) instructional research in reading comprehension, (2) the reader and the text, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
Educational Products Information Exchange Inst., Stony Brook, NY. – 1983
A guide for teachers selecting reading textbooks, this report brings together information about basal programs on the market and clarification of important issues in reading instruction. A general analysis of 20 basal programs includes a prose explication and a table comparing contents (skills), reading selections, methodology, assessment tests,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Comprehension
