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White, Sheida – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
This article presents 34 characteristics of texts and tasks ("text features") that can make continuous (prose), noncontinuous (document), and quantitative texts easier or more difficult for adolescents and adults to comprehend and use. The text features were identified by examining the assessment tasks and associated texts in the national…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reader Text Relationship, Adult Literacy
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Foley, Laura S. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
This research investigated factors that influence the implementation levels of evidence-based comprehension strategy instruction (CSI) among K-3 teachers. An explanatory design was chosen to gather and probe the data. Quantitative data were gathered via a mailed survey distributed through a representative sample of the 40 school districts (through…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Emergent Literacy