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Peer reviewedCoomber, James E. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
Students have been taught to recall specific details, but often are unable to read critically or to grasp the main ideas. (JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research
Peer reviewedGraves, Michael F.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1988
Reports two studies of comprehensible and memorable expository writing. Finds that Time-Life editors' revisions of a high school history text improved eleventh grade students' recall, while revisions made by text linguists and composition instructors did not. But given latitude to change content, all editors' revisions improved recall. (RAE)
Descriptors: Editors, Expository Writing, Grade 11, Higher Education
