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Kraal, Astrid; Koornneef, Arnout W.; Saab, Nadira; van den Broek, Paul W. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
The present study investigated comprehension processes and strategy use of second-grade low- and high-comprehending readers when reading expository and narrative texts for comprehension. Results from think-aloud protocols indicated that text genre affected the way the readers processed the texts. When reading narrative texts they made more…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Literary Genres
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Hebert, Michael; Bohaty, Janet J.; Nelson, J. Ron; Roehling, Julia V. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Informational text writing is a complex task requiring multiple literacy skills, such as reading and comprehending source material, identifying important information, and transforming ideas to meet the goals for the new writing task. The "Structures Writing" intervention was developed to improve the informational text writing skills of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Intervention, Writing Skills, Elementary School Students
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Johansson, Roger; Wengelin, Asa; Johansson, Victoria; Holmqvist, Kenneth – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
In this paper we explored text production differences in an expository text production task between writers who looked mainly at the keyboard and writers who looked mainly at the monitor. Eye-tracking technology and keystroke-logging were combined to systematically describe and define these two groups in respect of the complex interplay between…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Word Processing