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Download full textMorgan, Margaret – 1997
A study compared the comprehension abilities of readers when reading narrative and expository discourse. It was designed to investigate how middle-level high-achieving and low-achieving readers comprehend the two discourse genres, testing the readers' comprehension of main ideas in the text under both conditions. Also examined was whether…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Grade 8, High Achievement
Peer reviewedCurrie, Helen – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
Special needs teachers and subject teachers simplified text in British secondary level science and humanities courses and used the text with a class of mixed attainment groups. Subsequent assessment indicated that marks of higher achievers were consistently high and marks of low achievers were significantly improved compared to a control group.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Humanities Instruction
