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Olson, Mary W. – 1980
This paper describes the composition of one particular kind of study guide called a pattern guide that can be used by content area teachers to aid their students in reading and understanding their textbooks. The purpose of the guide is stated as highlighting the reading and thinking skills to be used as well as the most important concepts to be…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedKent, Carolyn E. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes four basic features that distinguish narrative from expository discourse and suggests that teachers who recognize those differences can guide their students to use reading strategies appropriate to particular text structures. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing
Download full textSchraeder, Laura L. – 1997
This study investigated the effectiveness of color coding, accomplished by highlighting, used to help students differentiate between exact meaning (explicit information) and implied meaning (implicit information) in both narrative (short story) and expository texts. Subjects were 78 sixth-grade students randomly enrolled in four language arts…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Color, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing
