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Explicit Text Structure Instruction Supports Expository Text Comprehension for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: A Systematic Review
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Hall-Mills, Shannon S.; Marante, Leesa M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2022
This systematic review article summarizes the effects of explicit text structure instruction on expository text comprehension for adolescents with learning disabilities or at risk for reading failure. A thorough literature search with four databases and backward citation search identified nine studies published in the past 22 years for inclusion…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Direct Instruction, Expository Writing, Instructional Effectiveness
A Review of Summarizing and Main Idea Interventions for Struggling Readers in Grades 3 through 12: 1978-2016
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Stevens, Elizabeth A.; Park, Sunyoung; Vaughn, Sharon – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
This systematic review examines the effects of summarizing and main idea interventions on the reading comprehension outcomes of struggling readers in Grades 3 through 12. A comprehensive search identified 30 studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 1978 and 2016. Studies included struggling reader participants in Grades 3 through 12;…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Expository Writing
Comprehension Strategy Gloves.
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Newman, Gayle – Reading Teacher, 2002
Describes the idea of creating a glove for each of the comprehension strategies for use with different text structures. Notes that the gloves serve as a multisensory approach by providing visual clues through icons on each finger and the palm. Discusses three different gloves: the prereading glove, the narrative text structure glove, and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Instructional Innovation, Literacy
Examining the Reading Difficulty of Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities: Expository versus Narrative Text.
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Saenz, Laura M.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
A study involving 111 secondary students with learning disabilities investigated differential reading performance on narrative versus expository text. Students had more difficulty with expository text than with narrative text in terms of reading fluency and comprehension. However, effects for comprehension were mediated by the type of question…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Learning Disabilities, Personal Narratives, Reader Text Relationship
Enhancing Text Structure Instruction with Video for Improved Reading Comprehension.
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Bristor, Valerie J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1993
This article suggests ways that teachers can use videotape recordings to improve listening skills and enhance text structure instruction in the intermediate grades. Students develop story maps for narrative videos and texts and create organizational pattern guides for expository videos and texts. Lists of suggested videos and children's books are…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Mapping, Expository Writing, Intermediate Grades
Beyond Decoding: Pictures of Expository Prose.
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Calfee, Robert; Chambliss, Marilyn – Annals of Dyslexia, 1988
The paper discusses (1) sources of difficulty in comprehending technical writing, (2) distinctions between content structure and text structure, (3) building blocks for expository writing and techniques of text design, (4) contrasts between American and Japanese science and social studies texts, and (5) suggestions for promoting comprehension.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries