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Direct linkSmith, Betty Lou; Holliday, William G.; Austin, Homer W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Despite the heavy reliance on textbooks in college courses, research indicates that college students enrolled in first-year science courses are not proficient at comprehending informational text. The present study investigated a reading comprehension questioning strategy with origins in clinical research based in elaboration interrogation theory,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Intervals, Textbooks
Peer reviewedLeonard, William H.; Lowery, Lawrence F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Determined relative effects of rhetorical, factual, valuing, and hypothesizing question types when these questions were interspersed throughout the reading passage in textual materials for students (N=383) in introductory biology. Reported results are based on a 20-item test given immediately after reading the passage, 2 weeks later, and 9 weeks…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Higher Education, Questioning Techniques
