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Yu, Shuying – English Language Teaching, 2022
People frequently struggle with comprehending the text they read and require more intensive support to develop proficiency in reading comprehension. Some find it perplexing observing all the elements and constituents of the paragraph theory. Good readers, however, can understand what a paragraph is by studying the conjunction relationships between…
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Form Classes (Languages)
Robert-Mihai Botarleanu; Mihai Dascalu; Scott Andrew Crossley; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2022
The ability to express yourself concisely and coherently is a crucial skill, both for academic purposes and professional careers. An important aspect to consider in writing is an adequate segmentation of ideas, which in turn requires a proper understanding of where to place paragraph breaks. However, these decisions are often performed…
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, Text Structure, Automation, Identification
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Aichele, Thorsten; Bannert, Maria – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2019
Hypertext comprehension often suffers from inadequate representation of the text's structure. Explication of the local paragraph macrostructure within each node might help to overcome this obstacle. As headings show several deficits, especially in digital text, marginalia are considered a promising alternative in signaling hypertext structure as…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Sentences, Hypermedia, Undergraduate Students
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Thomas, Anuja M.; McCarthy, Philip M.; Ahmed, Khawlah; Kaddoura, Noor W.; Duran, Nicholas D. – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
Paragraph structure has been identified as consisting of three distinct parts, which are the topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a paragraph ending sentence. Although topic sentences have been widely researched, similar consideration for paragraph endings has been less forthcoming. This discrepancy may be problematic as research suggests…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Paragraph Composition, Text Structure, Models