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Peer reviewedBensoussan, Marsha; Kreindler, Isabelle – Journal of Research in Reading, 1990
Examines whether the comprehension of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students who were trained to summarize improved more than that of students who responded to short-answer questions. Finds that since the reading comprehension of all classes improved significantly, the study could not prove that either approach was the major cause of this…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Decoding (Reading), English (Second Language), Higher Education
Samuels, S. Jay, Ed.; Farstrup, Alan E., Ed. – 1992
Maintaining the balance between theory and application of the 1978 edition, this book's second edition keeps up with changes in the reading curriculum by adding chapters on text structure, metacognition, and home background not found in the first edition. Chapter titles are: (1) "The Role of Research in Reading Instruction" (Wayne Otto); (2) "Home…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education
