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Peer reviewedBest, Rachel M.; Rowe, Michael; Ozuru, Yasuhiro; McNamara, Danielle S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
Many students from elementary school through college encounter difficulty understanding their science textbooks, regardless of whether they have language disorders. This article discusses some of the particular difficulties associated with science text comprehension and possible remedies for facilitating and enhancing comprehension of challenging…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Sciences, Reading Comprehension, Readability
Peer reviewedVenable, Gail Portnuff – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article discusses the reading fluency and comprehension problems of struggling secondary students who can read, with assistance, on a fourth-grade reading level or above. Difficulties with vocabulary and sentence construction are described, along with problems with pronoun reference and noun substitutions, metaphor, and conventions of print.…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Metaphors, Pronouns, Readability
