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ERIC Number: EJ529544
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1035-4727
Tertiary Literacy: A Constructivist Perspective.
McLoughlin, Catherine
Open Letter, v5 n2 p27-42 1995
Argues for the adoption of a literacy pedagogy to enable tertiary level students from different language backgrounds to access expository text. The article describes the outcomes of a project exploring whether college freshmen from different language backgrounds had appropriate strategies and awareness levels to understand and retain ideas from science texts. (39 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, College Students, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Malaysians