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Samson, Karen Margolis – 1982
A study examined the effects of an instructional intervention designed to improve high school students' ability to comprehend the gist of biology text materials. Subjects were divided into a strategy group, a read-study group, and a control group. The strategy subjects were given eight days of instruction in a procedure designed to help them…
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading
