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Warner, Michael M.; Alley, Gordon R. – 1981
The study investigated whether the recall of prose passages could be improved in a group of 30 learning disabled (LD) junior high students by training them to use visual imagery when they read. Students in an imagery training group received 30 minutes of instruction in using visual imagery to recall what they had read; students in a paraphrase…
Descriptors: Imagery, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedGold, Ron – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
Stein and Glenn's (1979) story schema provided the framework for testing 18 reading disabled adults' recall of stories that they had heard on tape, read orally, or read silently. For each schema category, no significant difference was found in the proportion of statements recalled across the three modes of presentation. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Audiotape Recordings, Learning Disabilities, Prose
Download full textPany, Darlene; Jenkins, Joseph R. – 1977
Three instructional conditions which varied in the extent to which they emphasized direct instruction on word meanings were compared as to their effects on two aspects of reading comprehension: recalling word meanings and recalling facts from a story. The instructional conditions consisted of (1) meanings from context, which required students to…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Prose
