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Does One Size Fit All? Exploring the Contribution of Text Features, Text Content, and Grade of Use on Comprehension
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Mesmer, Heidi Anne E.; Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Cunningham, James W.; Kapania, Madhu – Reading Psychology, 2020
Readability systems have once more become prominent in policy and practice because of recommendations in the Common Core State Standards. This study revisited two features of current text analysis (readability) systems: their generalizability to all grade levels and to all content areas. A database that encompassed texts across the grade bands and…
Descriptors: Readability, Reading Comprehension, Prediction, Instructional Program Divisions
Training Students How to Understand What They Read.
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Samuels, S. Jay – Reading Psychology, 1989
Argues that in the last 10 years the field of cognitive science has added much to the understanding of how to promote text comprehension. Focuses on the role of questions, text structure, and causal network theory as an approach to comprehension enhancement. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension
Instructional Analogies and Elaboration in Science Text: Effects on Recall and Transfer Performance.
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Iding, Marie K. – Reading Psychology, 1993
Compares recall and transfer performance of subjects receiving an extended instructional analogy or elaboration in a science text. Finds no differences between groups on explanative or nonexplanative recall. Finds differing amounts of far and immediate transfer for both groups in some instances. Suggests implications for the design of transfer…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Research
An Assessment of Students' Calibration of Comprehension and Calibration of Performance Using Multiple Measures.
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Lin, Lin-Miao; Moore, Dewayne; Zabrucky, Karen M. – Reading Psychology, 2001
Examines students' ability to judge comprehension of text material (before actually taking a test) as well as ability to judge comprehension performance on text material (after taking a test). Finds that although students' self-assessment ability was not related to their actual calibration skills, self-image presentation was related to students'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Self Concept