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Schwartz, Daniel L.; Bransford, John D. – Cognition and Instruction, 1998
Three studies evaluated a method for developing prior-knowledge structures that prepares students to learn from a text or lecture. Findings indicate that there is a place for lectures and readings in the classroom if students have sufficiently differentiated domain knowledge to use the expository materials in a generative manner. (TJQ)
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Higher Education, Knowledge Level

Westhoff, Gerard J. – ADFL Bulletin, 1991
Provides practical examples of assignments that increase the effectiveness of foreign language reading instruction. It is suggested that, by restructuring reading instruction, the role of the teacher will also be restructured. (12 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning

McLaughlin, Marilou B. – College Teaching, 1986
A program is described that set out to improve/enlarge the reading background of entering students by asking them to read 5-10 specific books before coming to college, featuring one book each year as the "common text," and providing a number of special seminars and activities based on that text. (MLW)
Descriptors: Books, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students