This study examined whether the design of textbook material affects comprehension and memory of textbook material under certain cognitive conditions for proficient and remedial readers. Using quantitative and qualitative research methods, format was found to significantly affect comprehension and memory. Proficient Male scored significantly…

Compiles a list of strategies (culled from 46 postsecondary reading textbooks) that can prove useful as instructional aids when teaching developmental college readers how to deal with considerate and inconsiderate text. Notes that many of the strategies included in the textbooks were vague, incomplete, and lacked a real instructional component and…

Teaching college students to discriminate among and use text structures found in scientific text material was studied, using 32 undergraduate and 28 junior college students. Students can learn to become more effective processors of scientific text through acquiring active reading strategies based on domain specific knowledge. (SLD)