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Williams, Joanna P.; Nubla-Kung, Abigail M.; Pollini, Simonne; Stafford, K. Brooke; Garcia, Amaya; Snyder, Anne E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a comprehension program integrated with social studies instruction designed for at-risk second graders. The program included instruction in cause-effect text structure, emphasizing clue words, generic questions, graphic organizers, and the close analysis of specially constructed cause-effect target…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 2, Text Structure, Social Studies
Gajria, Meenakshi; Jitendra, Asha K.; Sood, Sheetal; Sacks, Gabriell – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
This article summarizes the findings of research studies designed to improve the comprehension of expository text for students with learning disabilities. Twenty-nine studies were located that met the inclusion criteria. Interventions gleaned from the review were categorized as content enhancement (i.e., advance and graphic organizers, visual…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Expository Writing, Intervention

Ward-Lonergan, Jeannene M.; Liles, Betty Z.; Anderson, Angela M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
Verbal-retelling abilities for social-studies lectures were examined in 20 adolescent boys with language-learning disabilities and 29 with normal language abilities. Lectures had either a comparison expository discourse structure or a causation discourse structure. Results indicated that the comparison discourse structure facilitated more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Impairments