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Manning, Maryann; And Others – 1986
The reading achievement test scores of 239 low-income, southern, urban black students in grades three through eight were compared with their ability to comprehend the social studies books used in their classrooms. Achievement scores were obtained from the reading subtests of the Stanford Achievement Tests. A cloze passage was developed based on…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Students, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education

Hayes, David – Social Studies, 1988
Describes how social studies teachers can help students interact with textbooks to promote better comprehension and retention of information. Suggests methods for linking existing knowledge to concepts in the text, for organizing information to encourage retention, and for making the expository style of texts more accessible. (LS)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cluster Grouping, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education