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Download full textAspen Institute, 2012
What is meant by text complexity is a measurement of how challenging a particular text is to read. There are a myriad of different ways of explaining what makes text challenging to read, from the sophistication of the vocabulary employed to the length of its sentences to even measurements of how the text as a whole coheres. Research shows that no…
Descriptors: State Standards, Predictor Variables, Reading Ability, College Readiness
Direct linkMulholland, Paul; Wolff, Annika; Zdrahal, Zdenek; Collins, Trevor – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
Digital learning environments are generally composed of resources that cumulatively meet some specified educational objective, with each resource facilitating the acquisition of a subset of the concepts to be learned. In such contexts narrative has, for example, been used to support the understanding and navigation of a course or curriculum…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Informal Education, Rhetoric, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedDesilets, Brendan J. – English Journal, 1989
Discusses interactive fiction (IF), a computer-based form of literature in which the reader plays the part of an important character and makes decisions affecting story outcomes. Finds that IF, with its orientation toward problem solving, encourages systematic, consciously planned metathinking, and engages students' interest. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Instructional Materials, Literature, Reader Text Relationship
Slaton, Edith A. – 2001
Historically, research has shown that a reader's recall of ideas from text is enhanced when the reader uses relations among concepts to organize information. Text structure is a term used to describe the various patterns of how concepts within text are related. Knowledge of text structures assists a reader to comprehend text by allowing the reader…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Mapping, Educational Research
Peer reviewedKerr, Stephen T. – Visible Language, 1986
Discusses the types of problems that arise when text is presented in electronic form: (1) surface design, which involves typography, layout, graphics and illustrations, and the quality of language; and (2) interface design, which is manifested on the levels of immediate surface of the text, internal structure, and external structure. (SKC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Publishing
Squire, James R., Ed. – 1987
Focusing on future directions for English and reading research, the papers presented in this book examine the complex interplay of skills, processes, and classroom conditions that influence the development of children's competence in reading, writing, and the language arts. The titles and authors of the essays are as follows: (1) "Reading and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
