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Anmarkrud, Øistein; McCrudden, Matthew T.; Bråten, Ivar; Strømsø, Helge I. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
We explored readers' judgments of text relevance and strategy use while they read about a controversial scientific issue in multiple conflicting documents using a think-aloud methodology and had them write a short essay after reading. Participants were university-level students. There were three main findings. First, readers discriminated…
Descriptors: College Students, Protocol Analysis, Scientific and Technical Information, Science Materials
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Newell, George – English Quarterly, 1986
Concludes that the nature of the writing tasks assigned to students will emphasize some aspects of the curriculum and de-emphasize others. (NKA)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Essays, Grade 11