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A Comparison of Good and Poor Readers' Ability to Comprehend Explicit and Implicit Information in Short Stories Based on Two Modes of Presentation.
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Weisberg, Renee – Research in the Teaching of English, 1979
Concludes that there is a general language comprehension deficit in poor readers. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Listening Comprehension
Sentence Combining as a Curricular Activity: Its Effects on Written Language Development and Reading Comprehension
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Stotsky, Sandra A. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
The experimental evidence on the value of a sentence-combining approach to improving reading comprehension is still sparse, but the possibilities seem rich.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Effect of Children's Expectations on Comprehension of the Passive Transformation
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Gowie, Cheryl J.; Powers, James E. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1972
Article relates a language research study that found that children have not thoroughly mastered the passive transformation by the end of the first grade. (Author/ML)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Early Childhood Education, Language Research, Reading Comprehension
An Exploration of Deep Structure Recovery and Reading Comprehension Skills
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O'Donnell, Roy C.; King, F. J. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
The attempt to teach deep structure recovery skills to poor readers was unsuccessful, perhaps because of student attitudes. (JH)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Deep Structure, Grade 7, Language Research
A Study of the Use of Conjunctions across Grades and Ethnic Groups.
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McClure, Erica F.; Steffensen, Margaret S. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
Using third, sixth, and ninth grade students of Anglo, Black, and Hispanic ethnicity, a study examined their use of the conjunctions "and,""but,""because," and "even though." Results indicated that for all groups, correct use of conjunctions was correlated with reading comprehension. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohesion (Written Composition), Conjunctions, Cultural Differences