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Zenker, Edward R.; Frey, Diana Z. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Relates an experiment in which relaxation techniques and visual image training enhanced poor readers' comprehension and literal recall of narrative prose. (HOD)
Descriptors: Grade 10, Imagery, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
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Mosenthal, Peter B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Journal of Reading, 1991
Shows how different types of process schematics depict changes in state in significantly different ways, emphasizing differently types of information and thus defining event phenomena differently. Provides extension activities to help students understand process schematics. (MG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Information Dissemination, Information Processing, Models
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Cunningham, Patricia M. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Discusses teaching vocabulary when students do not know the words nor the concepts they represent. (SRT)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Language Usage
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Marzano, Robert J. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Suggests using visual cues such as boldface type, indenting, and color coding to help students identify important words in sentences and relationships between sentences. (MKM)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Paragraph Composition