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Wang, Jing-Ru; Chen, Shin-Feng – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
This study used a Chinese-language version of the Index of Science Reading Awareness (ISRA) to investigate metacognitive awareness and the Reading Comprehension of Science Test (RCST) to explore comprehension of science text by Taiwanese students. Structural equation modeling (SEM) results confirmed the validity of the underlying models of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Validity
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Smith, 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