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Peer reviewedVarnhagen, Connie K. – Discourse Processes, 1991
Modifies the analysis of causal relations in narratives to describe more broadly defined logical relations in expository text. Compares the relative sensitivity with which three different systems of prose analysis describe recall for expository text across different age groups and recall conditions. (SR)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Higher Education, Recall (Psychology), Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSaenz, 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
Peer reviewedGolden, Joanne; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1988
Investigates eighth-graders' summarizations of a scientific article used in their science class. Presents an analytic coding system developed to describe and detail structural and semantic strengths and weaknesses of students' expository summary essays. (SR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Essays, Expository Writing, Grade 8
