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Download full textIllinois Univ., Urbana. Center for the Study of Reading. – 1983
Three studies were conducted to investigate the development of the ability of individuals of varying ages to use macrorules for paraphrasing expository text. Macrorules were defined as the general rules of deletion, superordination, selection, and invention that underlie comprehension of prose. In the first study, 18 fifth grade, 16 seventh grade,…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedEnglert, Carol Sue; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
The effects of four major types of expository text on the comprehension performance of 69 third and 69 sixth graders were investigated. Results suggest that knowledge of discourse types underlies effective expository comprehension and that this ability increases as children reach the upper elementary grades. (BS)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Expository Writing
