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Expository Text Comprehension: Helping Primary-Grade Teachers Use Expository Texts to Full Advantage
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Hall, Kendra M.; Sabey, Brenda L.; McClellan, Michelle – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2005
This study investigated the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach expository text comprehension during guided reading. Participants included 72 second graders in six classrooms, organized into four guided reading groups in each class (n = 24). The six classes were randomly assigned to one of three groups: Text Structure,…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods
Conceptual Change Text versus Traditional Text and Application Questions versus No Questions in Learning about Electricity.
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Wang, Tianyu; Andre, Thomas – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1991
The effects of conceptual change text and application questions in 139 college students' learning of electricity concepts were investigated. The experiment was a 2X2X2X2 factorial. Compared to traditional text and no questions, conceptual change text and application questions, respectively, improved acquisition of qualitative concepts.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Electricity
Improvements in the English Syntax of Deaf College Students.
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Berent, Gerald P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1993
College students with prelingual deafness were assessed on their knowledge of English syntax at the beginning and end of the academic year. Results revealed significant improvement on nine English structures assessed; students with lower general English proficiency improved to a greater extent than other students. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: College Students, Congenital Impairments, Deafness, Higher Education
A Review of Current Research on Reading Instruction and the Learning Disabled Student.
Becker, Evelyn Z.; McCormick, Sandra – 1991
This review examines all data-based ecologically valid studies published in "Learning Disability Quarterly" or "Journal of Learning Disabilities" that addressed reading instruction and were published from 1980 to 1990. It first looks at studies focusing on comprehension, including such reader factors as prior knowledge, metacognition, and visual…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)