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Peer reviewedOrnstein, Allan C. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
Examines advantages and disadvantages of using textbooks as the basis for curriculum and instruction, discussing textbooks as the predominant instructional medium. The article describes attributes of good textbooks and text structures, identifies strategies for improving readers' text comprehension, and notes teachers' role as facilitators in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Reader Text Relationship
Monroe, Martha C.; DeYoung, Raymond – Children's Environments, 1994
The majority of environmental information is presented in factual, expository text format. Examines problems with traditional formats when interest or incentives are not strong. Discusses ways to make text providing environmental information to citizens or students more interesting, meaningful, and memorable. (LZ)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Environment, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedAnderson, O. Roger; Botticelli, Steven – Science Education, 1990
Investigated is a reader's ability to comprehend written text that is highly novel with few semantic cues. The theoretical perspective, assessment theory, materials and methods, and the results of this study are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Coding, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
