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Stewart, Melissa; Young, Terrell A. – Reading Teacher, 2019
To craft engaging nonfiction prose, young writers should focus on a specific idea or concept of interest and use acclaimed children's books as mentor texts to help them understand options for developing their ideas. In this article, the authors provide examples of high-quality children's nonfiction for exploring various formats and text structures…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Childrens Literature, Text Structure, Expressive Language
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Harada, Oriko; Kashihara, Akihiro – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020
Web-based investigative learning is a form of learning where learners investigate Web resources to construct knowledge on a question. In our previous work, we have designed a learning model and a cognitive tool named iLSB to support learners in expanding the initial question into sub-questions so as to deepen and widen their investigation, and in…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Web Based Instruction, Web Sites, Learning Experience
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Carnahan, Christina R.; Williamson, Pamela – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2016
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represent an increasing number of learners in general education classrooms. While reading comprehension instruction has received growing attention, learners with ASD continue to experience poor academic outcomes. This article describes a research-based approach to teaching students with ASD to…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods, Expository Writing, Text Structure
Michael Hebert; Janet J. Bohaty; J. Ron Nelson; Jessica Brown – Grantee Submission, 2016
In this meta-analysis of 45 studies involving students in grades 2-12, the authors present evidence on the effects of text structure instruction on the expository reading comprehension of students. The meta-analysis was deigned to answer two sets of questions. The first set of questions examined the effectiveness of text structure instruction on…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Instruction, Effect Size, Reading Comprehension
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Michael Hebert; Janet J. Bohaty; J. Ron Nelson; Jessica Brown – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
In this meta-analysis of 45 studies involving students in Grades 2-12, the authors present evidence on the effects of text structure instruction on the expository reading comprehension of students. The meta-analysis was deigned to answer 2 sets of questions. The first set of questions examined the effectiveness of text structure instruction on…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Instruction, Effect Size, Reading Comprehension
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Akhondi, Masoumeh; Malayeri, Faramarz Aziz; Samad, Arshad Abd – Reading Teacher, 2011
Expository text offers particular challenges to the reader because of the abstract and unfamiliar concepts that it presents. In order to solve these problems in reading classes, students should be taught the hierarchical structure of the expository text and the interrelationships among ideas. This is what experts in this field refer to as text…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Expository Writing, Reading Instruction
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Coulter, Gail A.; Lambert, Michael C. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
The effects of preteaching key words on accuracy and fluency in connected text were examined with three fifth-grade participants identified with learning disability and reading two grade levels below their same age peers. Researchers incorporated a multiple baseline design (i.e., Baseline and Wordlist Intervention) and found that preteaching…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, General Education, Access to Education, Reading Fluency
Gagnon, Renee; Ziarko, Helene – Online Submission, 2012
This paper presents the results of a predicative analysis led on comparison and problem-solution texts produced by pupils of the second and third grades of primary school following a set of reading and writing instructional activities. The production of those texts is of a special challenge to the young writers because of the cognitive and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Foreign Countries, Expository Writing, Reading Instruction
Snyder, Anne Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The ability to comprehend expository text is vital for academic and professional success; however, many students struggle with this genre. While it has been found that text structure-based graphic organizers (GOs) may assist older students in comprehending expository text, it is uncertain whether this type of scaffold is effective for…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Instructional Materials, Statistical Analysis, Control Groups
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Cummins, Sunday; Quiroa, Ruth E. – Reading Teacher, 2012
The purpose of this "teaching tips" article is to describe practical classroom instruction that helps elementary students write expository responses to narrative texts. It focuses on the importance of scaffolded, interactive discussions comprised of a combination of teacher think alouds and similar student responses before, during, and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Protocol Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Dymock, Susan; Nicholson, Tom – Reading Teacher, 2010
This article reviews theoretical and research evidence to support the explicit and systematic teaching of five comprehension strategies that will help all students tackle expository texts with success. The article explains the "High 5!" strategies and how to teach them. An example of a lesson is included to show how the five strategies connect…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension
Nebraska Department of Education, 2010
The WWC practice guide "Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade" presents a set of evidence-based practices that teachers and other educators can use to successfully teach reading comprehension to young readers. The guide, developed by a panel of experts, presents a set of evidence-based practices that teachers…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Primary Education, Elementary School Students
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Kelley, Michelle J.; Clausen-Grace, Nicki – Reading Teacher, 2010
The Text Feature Walk is a structure created and employed by the authors that guides students in the reading of text features in order to access prior knowledge, make connections, and set a purpose for reading expository text. Results from a pilot study are described in order to illustrate the benefits of using the Text Feature Walk over…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning, Expository Writing, Text Structure
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Fidalgo, Raquel; Torrance, Mark; Garcia, Jesus-Nicasio – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2008
We compared 56 eighth-grade students who, 28 months previously, had received instruction in strategies for planning and revising their writing, with 21 students of similar academic ability from the same school who had not experienced the intervention. Both groups wrote an expository essay whilst logging their writing activities and completed…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Writing Instruction
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Rowan, Katherine E. – English Quarterly, 1990
Offers a definition of explanatory text, and summarizes research on why abstract concepts and principles are difficult for lay readers to understand. Describes a three-week unit for composition classes on spotting difficult ideas, diagnosing the type of difficulty they pose, and selecting the text features most likely to make them less difficult.…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Expository Writing, Reading Comprehension, Reading Writing Relationship
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