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Alexander, J. Estill; Filler, Ronald Claude – Tennessee Education, 1973
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Processes, Inquiry, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedFulcher, Glenn – System, 1997
Addresses the accessibility of texts produced by the Overseas Development Administration. This research analyzes a corpus of texts and shows that factors making the texts difficult include poor linguistic structure, contextual structure, conceptual structure, and unclear operationalisation of the reader-writer relationship. (18 references)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audience Awareness, Cluster Grouping, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedHayes, David – Social Studies, 1988
Describes how social studies teachers can help students interact with textbooks to promote better comprehension and retention of information. Suggests methods for linking existing knowledge to concepts in the text, for organizing information to encourage retention, and for making the expository style of texts more accessible. (LS)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cluster Grouping, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
