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Stevenson, Sally L. – 1991
A study was conducted to determine whether using the schema method for vocabulary instruction would be significantly greater than using the dictionary method for vocabulary instruction. Subjects were 12 sixth grade students who were divided into two sample groups and received different forms of vocabulary instruction for 10 weeks. Each sample was…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Reading Instruction
O'Hara, Nancy Jane – 1987
A study investigated the effects on reading comprehension of guided imagery instruction before reading. Subjects, 25 third-grade student volunteers from a small Montana community, were given a vocabulary pretest to determine the effect of background knowledge. They were then randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups--read only, guided…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Primary Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension
Download full textWright, Handel K. – 1990
A study brought together literature appreciation, schema theory, and cross-cultural studies to explore the relationship between the backgrounds of students in one sixth-form literature class in Sierra Leone and the contexts of the plays described in the drama section of the "A" level literature syllabus of the West African Examinations…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Costin, Barbara Wei-hao Shen – 1986
A survey conducted at the Hong Kong Baptist College gathered information about first-year remedial reading instruction in English as a second language (ESL). The study focused on the kinds and purposes of reading assignments, the levels of cognitive processes related to reading assignments, the cognitive ability levels of weak students, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Turetzky, Lois Golub – 1982
A study investigated whether reading comprehension would improve if children were made aware of story grammar and were asked schema-related questions. Subjects were 33 fifth grade students, half scoring on or above grade level and half scoring below grade level on the reading section of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests. During 11 sessions, 45…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Literary Criticism, Questioning Techniques
Hulland, Carol Marie – 1990
This study focuses on how students make sense of and understand concepts related to the study of a wetland. The analyses of students' talk and drawings recorded during a 2-week wetland unit were divided into two levels. The first level examined students' understandings and explored student traits that contributed to a clear, stable understanding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Curriculum Guides
Chervenick, Ellen Cecelia – 1992
In order to study for citizenship tests, amnesty students need to be able to read U.S. history material, although they usually have no background knowledge for it. According to schema theory, background knowledge is important for reading comprehension. Research has shown significant improvement in the reading comprehension of intermediate level…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Chinese Americans, Classroom Research, Community Programs
