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Peer reviewedGarner, Ruth; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
This study examines children's knowledge of structural properties of expository text: topical relatedness, superordination, and cohesion. Nearly all who completed the paragraph-construction tasks were able to identify paragraphs. Seventh-graders were adept at describing what makes a paragraph but experienced difficulty in placing main-idea…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Peer reviewedGarner, Ruth; Gillingham, Mark G. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1987
Examines students reported and demonstrated knowledge of three structural properties of text: topic relatedness, superordination, and cohesion. Reports students are only moderately knowledgeable about topic relatedness and superordination, and unknowledgeable about cohesion. (RS)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Grade 5, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
