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Peer reviewedWilliams, Joanna P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Identifying the main points of a communication is fundamental to successful reading comprehension. Discussed are difficulties in defining main idea, text structure variables in determining important information, textual hierarchy and the theory of macrostructure, text features signalling important information, summary writing, learning-disabled…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education
