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Peer reviewedWade, Suzanne E.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1993
Investigates how interest and importance interact to affect the strategy use and recall of skilled readers. Finds that readers acted strategically, except when they encountered seductive details: subjects spent a great deal of time on seductive details, even though they considered them highly memorable and unimportant. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Strategies
Download full textBritton, Bruce K.; And Others – 1996
A series of four studies tested two methods of revising instructional text to improve students' learning from it. In one method, the revisions untangled the "cognitive knots" in the text; in the second method, the revisions highlighted the "point" of the text. Subjects for the various studies were 40 students in an intact high…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedSchneider, David E. – Communication Education, 1991
Reports the means, standard deviations, and relevant statistics on an examination of the readability of 24 contemporary textbooks that employ a hybrid approach to the basic speech communication course. Discusses some strategies for developing reading skills. (KEH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Skills
