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Crismore, Avon – 1989
The purpose of this paper is to make educators, authors, and publishers aware that they must be concerned with rhetorical form as well as content if they wish to present students with accessible, useful textbooks. Using a case study of textbook perception and use in a school district's sixth grade social studies classrooms, the paper illustrates…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Structures, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
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Moore, Phillip J.; Kirby, John R. – Reading, 1988
Studies the effects of two comprehension training methods (one based on imagery and inferencing, the other based on text structure) on various aspects of third and fifth graders' reading performance. Results indicate that neither method had a measurable impact on reading comprehension nor on metacognitive knowledge of the reading process. (RS)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes, Grade 3, Grade 5
Slaton, Edith A. – 2001
Historically, research has shown that a reader's recall of ideas from text is enhanced when the reader uses relations among concepts to organize information. Text structure is a term used to describe the various patterns of how concepts within text are related. Knowledge of text structures assists a reader to comprehend text by allowing the reader…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Mapping, Educational Research
Miller, Tom, Ed. – 1997
Noting that little in language can be understood without taking into consideration the wider picture of communicative purpose, content, context, and audience, this book address practical uses of various approaches to discourse analysis. Several assumptions run through the chapters: knowledge is socially constructed; the manner in which language…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar
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Schirmer, Barbara R. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Discusses strategies that teachers can use to support children with and without disabilities in comprehending reading material. Factors contributing to text readability, language learning for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and strategies for in-class text reading and independent text reading are described. (CR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Friend, Cynthia L.; Cole, Christine L. – Educational Technology, 1990
Reviews current experimental research that deals with various aspects of learner control in computer-based instruction (CBI). Topics discussed include cognitive styles; computer anxiety; levels of field independence; sequencing; feedback; interactive videodiscs; branching in software menus; varying the density of text; and suggestions for future…
Descriptors: Branching, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Feedback
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Bensoussan, Marsha – Journal of Research in Reading, 1990
Investigates the usefulness of using grammatical cohesion to evaluate the macro- or discourse-level, and the micro-level reading comprehension of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students. Finds a relationship between anaphora and coherence that contributes to reading difficulty. (MG)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis
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Fowler, Lois Josephs; Pesante, Linda Hutz – English Journal, 1989
Shows how to help students fill in textual "gaps" to interact more fully with contemporary texts, classics, and myths. Presents examples of this approach for studying (1) Shakespeare's "Hamlet" with Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"; and (2) George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" with the…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Instruction, Films, Literature Appreciation
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Golden, Joanne M. – Linguistics and Education, 1988
Presents the theoretical framework for examining texts in educational contexts. An actual reading lesson is analyzed in terms of the text structure and content, the nature of student-teacher interaction with the text, and post-reading discussion of the text. Tables outline the text structure and contrast teacher manual recommendations to actual…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
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Spyridakis, Jan H. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1989
Investigates the role of signaling (structural cues that announce or emphasize content or reveal content relationships) in helping good readers comprehend expository text. Finds that signals do improve a reader's comprehension, particularly comprehension two weeks after the reading of a passage and comprehension of superordinate and superordinate…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Expository Writing, Higher Education
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Peck, Jackie – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes the benefits that storytelling can have on the development of listening and reading comprehension and the enhancement of oral and written expression. Presents an example of how storytelling was used to realize these benefits in a third-grade classroom. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
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Gordon, Christine J. – English Quarterly, 1988
Reports a study, using sixth graders' introspective self-reports, to determine the context in which students use knowledge about narrative text structure, how they use this knowledge, and why they do not always employ this knowledge. (RAE)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 6, Literacy, Narration
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Hare, Victoria Chou; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1989
Examines the effect of contrived instructional texts and naturally occurring texts (content area textbooks) on students' main idea comprehension. Concludes that students taught to identify the main idea using only contrived texts, such as basal skills lessons, will have difficulty transferring their main idea skills to naturally occurring texts.…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
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Tsai, Chia-jer – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
Reviews the historical development and technological features of hypertext, a computerized nonlinear text system. Three major areas of applications are identified: (1) instruction, (2) electronic publishing and online databases, and (3) thinking and authoring tools. Research issues in document processing and education are also discussed. (28…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Documentation
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Spiegel, George F., Jr.; Barufaldi, James P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994
Community college anatomy and physiology students participated in a 14-hour study skills class designed to determine the effectiveness of a self-regulated strategy on immediate recall and retention of science knowledge. Results indicated that students who constructed graphic postorganizers recalled significantly more than students who simply…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Anatomy, Graphic Organizers, Higher Education
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