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Boyer, Jean-Yves – 1990
A study investigated whether or not the global structure of a text influences its readability and how that influence might be related to the already recognized influences of vocabulary and sentence length. The subjects, 250 fourth-grade students in Quebec, each read four texts representing four different structures, four subjects, and two levels…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Download full textGilbert, Steven K. – 1996
The concept of Arithmetic Story Grammar is introduced. Arithmetic Story Grammar maintains that any equation containing a single operand tells, in and of itself, a complete story with a setting, plot, theme, and resolution. Multiple-operand equations differ from their single-operand siblings only in the number of actions undertaken and the number…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Classification, Coherence, Comprehension
Henning, John – 1998
A study aimed to discover a correspondence between the thinking processes and textual structures of six eleventh graders. In a predominantly White, middle class rural high school, six students were selected to think aloud as they read two essays written as part of two assignments for their advanced English classes. The six were selected based on…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, English Instruction, Grade 11
