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Direct linkCheng, Rong – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to determine whether teaching students about the structure of a text would be associated with improved reading comprehension. Science texts were used with the intention of adding to what is known about content-area reading comprehension. To investigate the effects of teaching science text structure, a reading…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Text Structure, Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedde Berg, Kevin C. – Science Education, 1989
Examines the possibility that part of the problem in the teaching of physical science may lie in teaching-learning materials. Selects 14 chemistry textbooks and 14 physics textbooks in Australia. Analyzes them based on learning theory and scientific literacy. (YP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Curriculum
Peer reviewedVidal-Abarca, Eduardo; Sanjose, Vicente – Learning and Instruction, 1998
The role played on shallow and deep levels of comprehension by text changes aimed at improving relationships within text ideas or producing better links with the reader's knowledge were studied with 67 Spanish 10th graders. Both textual changes contributed separately to recall, but problem solving increased only when the two were presented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, High School Students, High Schools
Peer reviewedWallach, David L. – Physics Teacher, 1989
Describes the Soviet educational system and physics textbooks and compares them to their American counterparts. Seventeen references are listed. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Physics
