Descriptor
| Program Effectiveness | 3 |
| Reader Text Relationship | 3 |
| Reading Research | 3 |
| Basal Reading | 2 |
| Reading Comprehension | 2 |
| Reading Processes | 2 |
| Childhood Attitudes | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Coherence | 1 |
| Content Analysis | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Research and Teaching in… | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedBrozo, William G.; And Others – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1996
Reviews research on metacomprehension, indicating that awareness and control of cognitive activity are key characteristics of successful independent readers. Presents findings from a study of 25 university students taught to use a text-marking system. Reports that the system led to more sophisticated levels of metacognitive awareness. Sample text…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Metacognition, Outcomes of Education
Download full textMeyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1986
A study examined children's comprehension of and preferences for basal reader stories with differing levels of coherence. The subjects were 58 second grade students who each read orally three stories judged to differ substantially on the number of incoherences in the text. Incoherences were defined as confusing referents, unclear relationships…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Coherence, Content Analysis
Dole, Janice A.; And Others – 1986
Commercially developed basal reading programs are used in most elementary school classrooms in the United States. Yet often neither the publishers developing these programs nor the members of textbook adoption committees selecting programs are able to take advantage of the best available knowledge about the reading process and reading instruction.…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
