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Reese, Diane J.; Zielonka, Paula S. – 1989
A review of current research in writing to learn in the content areas provides a basis for focusing on instructional strategies, use of text structure frames, and metacognitive writing strategies. Students can use writing to comprehend to learn content area text in a variety of ways based on their particular learning objectives for that particular…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Metacognition, Reader Text Relationship
Perkins, Kyle; And Others – 1988
A study was undertaken to identify the prerequisite relations (or hierarchies among the items) existing in the item responses of a sample of 86 foreign students who took the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) vocabulary and reading comprehension test, Form 3JTF1. The form contains 30 vocabulary items and 30 reading comprehension items.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Students, Item Analysis
Vaughan, Judy – 1984
These instructor's materials consist of a handbook directed to the teacher and 33 worksheets teachers can use with adult students in order to use the cloze procedure to assess how readily they can read materials of differing complexity. The handbook introduces the materials by considering such questions as What is meant by reading?, How could…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cloze Procedure
Horowitz, Rosalind, Ed.; Samuels, S. Jay, Ed. – 1987
Written for researchers and graduate students, this book--a collection of essays by cognitive scientists, socio- and psycholinguists, and English, reading, and language arts educators--explores theoretical and research questions associated with the relationships among oral and written language, listening and reading, and speaking and writing. The…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Theory, Listening Comprehension, Literacy
Spaulding, Cheryl L. – 1988
A review of the literature was conducted to summarize how characteristics of individual readers help to determine the nature and quality of their comprehension of specific texts and to discuss how this knowledge might be used by teachers to promote effective reading in their classes. Three dimensions of readers were identified as being causally…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension
Muth, K. Denise, Ed. – 1989
Reflecting the concerns of researchers and practitioners about children's text comprehension, this book defines and provides examples of narrative and expository text and describes research-based strategies for helping children comprehend these two types of text. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Research on Stories: Implications…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Models, Narration
Tierney, Robert J.; Kieffer, Ron; Whalin, Kathleen; Desai, Laurie; Moss, Antonia Gale; Harris, Jo Ellen; Hopper, John – Reading Online, 1997
Two studies (which followed up a 4-year longitudinal study) examined the impact of hypertext on students' learning in science and English classes. The first study compared the impact of HyperCard stacks and regular textbook presentations of ideas in biology on ninth-grade students assigned to study these materials. Students in the second study, 10…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, English Instruction, High Schools, Hypermedia
National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. – 2001
A list of grievances comprises the longest portion of the Declaration of Independence, but the source of the document's power is its firm philosophic foundation. In this unit, the teacher can capitalize on the propensity to complain to increase student awareness of the precedents behind the Declaration of Independence. The unit can help students…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Enrichment, Learning Activities
Kelly, Patricia R.; Neal, Judith C. – Running Record, 1998
This article is based on the hypothesis that Reading Recovery teachers sometimes mistakenly reduce or withdraw their support once children have developed strategic processing capabilities and gained higher levels of text reading. It discusses structural characteristics of higher level texts and considers several types of processing demands…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Intervention, Instructional Improvement, Primary Education

Denyer, Jenny; Florio-Ruane, Susan – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1995
Describes challenges for teacher educators who want to help students move beyond talk about text that recalls facts to talk that supports interpretation and crafting of text. A case study describes how one teacher candidate struggled to reconcile what she thought teaching was with new ways of talking about text. (SM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Discourse Analysis, Discussion, Higher Education

Meyer, Bonnie J. F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article discusses how text variables interact with reader, strategy, and task variables to affect readability, including text coherence, text organization, signaling, and text structure. It considers how classic readability formulas, in concert with consideration of text, text reader, and strategy variables, can be used to match texts to…
Descriptors: Coherence, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Impairments

Hoffman, James V.; Roser, Nancy L.; Salas, Rachel; Patterson, Elizabeth; Pennington, Julie – Journal of Literacy Research, 2001
Investigates reliability of two approaches for estimating text difficulty at the first-grade level: the Scale for Text Accessibility and Support and the Fountas/Pinnell system. Supports the predictive validity of the two rating scales with performance data. Suggests potential benchmarks for first-grade performance: 95% accuracy; 80 words per…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Difficulty Level, Grade 1, Measurement Techniques

Swafford, Jeanne; Alvermann, Donna E. – Journal of Reading, 1989
Examines the postsecondary research base for content area reading strategies. Compares findings to earlier studies of secondary schools. Finds semantic mapping and graphic organizers were more effective for secondary than postsecondary students, although most secondary students were not given instructions for the strategies used. Calls for further…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Graphic Organizers, Higher Education

Knupfer, Nancy Nelson; McIsaac, Marina Stock – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Describes study that was conducted to determine the effects of two electronic text variables used in desktop publishing on undergraduate students' reading speed and comprehension. Research on text variables, graphic design, instructional text design, and computer screen design is discussed, and further studies are suggested. (22 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Desktop Publishing, Display Systems, Higher Education

Cato, Vivienne; And Others – Reading, 1989
Compares student performances when reading printed text and text on a microcomputer screen. Reports that students have more difficulty locating information on-screen than in-print, particularly within prose passages. (MG)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Intermode Differences, Junior High Schools