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Peer reviewedRystrom, Richard – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1970
Refutes the questions raised by Tuinman and Blanton in this issue concerning his reading comprehension model and its validation. Restates his purpose for examining this area of reading. Tables and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Definitions, Factor Analysis, Models, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedJones, Margaret B. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1976
Investigation of the effect of establishing purposes for reading upon reading comprehension showed that neither specific nor general reading directions appeared to affect performance and that purpose-setting directions served to discriminate between intentional and incidental information only for above-grade-level readers.
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Descriptors: Attention Span, Higher Education, Programed Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedEdwards, Peter – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1974
Presents the results of a study designed to determine whether idioms cause difficulty for students in the reading and understanding of prose, concluding that methods of teaching idioms should be explored. (RB)
Descriptors: Idioms, Language Skills, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Peer reviewedBickley, A. C.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1970
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Foreign Language Books, Language Ability, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedCarr, Eileen M.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1983
Concludes that sixth-grade students taught with methods that used a structured overview to activate background knowledge, the cloze procedure to develop an inferential thinking strategy, and a self-monitoring checklist to maintain the strategy increased their inferential comprehension skills as measured by both immediate and delayed transfer…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Grade 6
Peer reviewedBaumann, James F.; Bergeron, Bette S. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1993
Investigates the effectiveness of instruction in story mapping as a means to promote first-grade students' comprehension of central story elements in children's literature. Concludes that instruction in story mapping is an effective instructional strategy for promoting first-grade students' ability to identify central narrative elements in…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedArmbruster, Bonnie B.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1991
Determines how science and social studies textbooks were used by teachers and students in 12 fourth grade lessons and what kinds of questions the teachers asked during the lessons. Finds that students do not get much practice reading informational text, and instruction often fails to promote conceptual understanding and meaningful learning from…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedMcGee, Lea M. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1981
Examines the effects of a cloze procedure developed from transfer feature theory of processing in reading on immediate and delayed recall of good and poor readers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMeyer, Linda A.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1987
Reports on a content analysis of four popular first-grade basal series, examining decoding and comprehension instruction in teachers' manuals, student texts, workbooks, and supplementary activity packages. Reports that none of the programs present a balanced approach to teaching decoding and comprehension with very comprehensible stories. (MM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Content Analysis, Decoding (Reading)
