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Automaticity and Reading: Perspectives from the Instance Theory of Automatization.
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Logan, Gordon D. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1997
Reviews recent literature on automaticity, defining the criteria that distinguish automatic processing from non-automatic processing, and describing modern theories of the underlying mechanisms. Focuses on evidence from studies of reading and draws implications from theory and data for practical issues in teaching reading. Suggests that…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Strategies to Facilitate Reading Comprehension in Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Billingsley, Bonnie S.; Ferro-Almeida, Susan C. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Provides an overview of the reading comprehension process from an interactionist perspective. Reviews key components of effective comprehension instruction, including metacognitive instruction. Gives examples of instructional interventions that have been implemented successfully with students experiencing reading difficulties. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension Games for Young Students in Mainstream Settings.
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Richards, Janet C.; Gipe, Joan P. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2000
Describes 3 reading comprehension games that can be realistically implemented in mainstream settings for young students. Suggests the games provide opportunities for students with varied literacy abilities to work together, respond to story characters, develop awareness about the parts of typical stories and the relationships among those parts,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Evaluation Methods, Mainstreaming
Using Direct Instruction to Integrate Reading and Writing for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Gleason, Mary M. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1995
Reviews research on effective strategies for teaching reading comprehension; written composition of narrative and expository text; and strategies for integrating reading and writing. Provides a set of teaching guidelines after each research review. Argues for teaching reading and writing as connected processes that have similar structures. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Synthesis of the Research on Story Grammar as a Means to Increase Comprehension.
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Dimino, Joseph A.; And Others – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1995
Reviews research on the effectiveness of story grammar in promoting the comprehension of narrative text in students with learning disabilities and at-risk students. Offers instructional recommendations for successful implementation of this strategy. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities