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Direct linkWilliams, Joanna P.; Pollini, Simonne; Nubla-Kung, Abigail M.; Snyder, Anne E.; Garcia, Amaya; Ordynans, Jill G.; Atkins, J. Grant – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention for second graders at risk for academic failure, which taught reading comprehension embedded in social studies content. The intervention included instruction about the structure of cause/effect expository text, emphasizing clue words, generic questions, graphic organizers, and close…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Peer reviewedMarzano, Robert J. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Suggests using visual cues such as boldface type, indenting, and color coding to help students identify important words in sentences and relationships between sentences. (MKM)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Paragraph Composition
Download full textDaiker, Donald A., Ed.; And Others – 1979
Drawn from a conference that addressed the role of sentence combining in the teaching of writing, the papers in this collection are divided into three sections: the theory of sentence combining, research in sentence combining, and sentence combining in the classroom. The 22 papers discuss a variety of topics, including the following: (1) sentence…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition
Bensoussan, Marsha – 1984
A study investigating the influence of certain features of cohesion and coherence on Israeli college students' difficulty in reading English expository texts examined the reader's ability to understand sequences of propositions and familiarity with markers of cohesion. Three methods were used to investigate the problem: application of a…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), College English, College Freshmen
Barnes, Martha; And Others – 1983
The purpose of this curriculum guide is to assist Training Specialists to teach Adult Basic Education/General Education Development (ABE/GED) students intermediate skills in reading, English, and mathematics. The guide begins with an introduction (purpose, overview, adult learner characteristics, teacher type), curriculum policies, curriculum…
Descriptors: Addition, Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Behavioral Objectives
