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Using a Thematic Organizer to Facilitate Transfer Learning with College Developmental Studies Students.
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Alvarez, Marino C.; Risko, Victoria J. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Investigates whether thematic organizers can facilitate generalizability of ideas from one context to another for low ability readers enrolled in a college developmental studies program. Finds that the thematic strategy facilitated transfer of learning. (RS)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, College Students, Context Clues, Higher Education
Toward Better Use of Improved Textbooks (ERIC/RCS).
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Cousin, Patricia Tefft – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Recommends teaching suggestions which focus on three broad areas: (1) strategies for teaching textbook organization; (2) strategies for using graphics to organize the information covered in the text; and (3) the use of an integrated approach to content area teaching. Cites studies to support these recommendations. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Graphic Organizers, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum