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Fifth Grade Readers' Comprehension of Explicit and Implicit Connective Propositions.

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Irwin, Judith Westphal – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1979

The effects of manipulating the connective words "because" and "after" on fifth graders' reading comprehension was examined. The results provide no support for the notion that sentence length is related to comprehensibility or that implicit connectives are more difficult to comprehend. (HOD)

Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Elementary Education, Function Words, Grade 5

Implicit Connectives and Comprehension.

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Irwin, Judith Westphal – Reading Teacher, 1980

Points out that if relationships between sentences are made implicit (for the sake of simplicity or readability), comprehension may suffer and explains three teaching strategies for improving students' comprehension of implicit connectives. (RL)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Connected Discourse, Deep Structure, Elementary Secondary Education