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Michael Hebert; Janet J. Bohaty; J. Ron Nelson; Jessica Brown – Grantee Submission, 2016
In this meta-analysis of 45 studies involving students in grades 2-12, the authors present evidence on the effects of text structure instruction on the expository reading comprehension of students. The meta-analysis was deigned to answer two sets of questions. The first set of questions examined the effectiveness of text structure instruction on…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Instruction, Effect Size, Reading Comprehension
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Michael Hebert; Janet J. Bohaty; J. Ron Nelson; Jessica Brown – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
In this meta-analysis of 45 studies involving students in Grades 2-12, the authors present evidence on the effects of text structure instruction on the expository reading comprehension of students. The meta-analysis was deigned to answer 2 sets of questions. The first set of questions examined the effectiveness of text structure instruction on…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Instruction, Effect Size, Reading Comprehension
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Lo, Lusa – Preventing School Failure, 2014
An individualized education program is a legal document that details information regarding the special education program of a student with a disability. For parents to determine whether they agree with the individualized education program that is proposed by the school, they must first be able to read and comprehend the document. This study aimed…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Readability, Parent Materials
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Abedi, Jamal; Bayley, Robert; Ewers, Nancy; Mundhenk, Kimberly; Leon, Seth; Kao, Jenny; Herman, Joan – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2012
Assessments developed and field tested for the mainstream student population may not be accessible for students with disabilities (SWDs) as a result of the impact of extraneous variables, including cognitive features, such as depth of knowledge required, grammatical and lexical complexity, lexical density, and textual/visual features. This study…
Descriptors: Test Items, Disabilities, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Psychology